Bay Area Reporter, Volume 34, Number 20, 13 May 2004

Antigay crusader Pete Knight dies

Community reaction mixed on legacy left
by Prop. 22 author who rejected gay son.

page 5

LLEGO looks to future

Longtime executive director
to step down in July.

page 12

Toga party with Brad

Golden boy Pitt turns
manly hero in ‘Troy.’

see Arts section

Serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities since 1971

Governor
has Pride

by Cynthia Laird

Gov. Schwarzenegger

R epublican Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger will be wel¬
coming people to San Francisco
LGBT Pride. On Tuesday, May
11, his office submitted a letter
to the Pride Committee that will be
prominently featured in the San Fran¬
cisco Pride
guide, which
is distributed
throughout
the city in ad¬
vance of the
June 26-27
Pride week¬
end.

After the
Bay Area Re¬
porter began
inquiring
about the

governor’s letter Monday and Pride
officials had yet to Sear if a letter
would be forthcoming, Kirsten Boyd,
the treasurer of the LGBT Pride Cele¬
bration Committee and a staff mem¬
ber to Board of Equalization Chair¬
woman Carole Migden, received
Schwarzenegger’s welcome message
Tuesday at about 2 p.m.

Boyd and gay Republicans had
been working with the governor’s
staff and remained confident the gov¬
ernor’s letter would come through be¬
fore a May 14 deadline.

Jeff Bissiri, chairman of the Cali¬
fornia chapter of the Log Cabin Re¬
publicans, told the B.A.R. that mem¬
bers of his group had urged the gov¬
ernor’s staff not to overlook various
LGBT Pride events.

“They’ll be doing one for all the
events,” Bissiri said, referring to the
welcome letters. “We had a meeting
with the governor’s chief of staff and
did raise this issue,” Bissiri said. “We
said a Pride welcome letter would be
expected.”

Schwarzenegger’s letter begins, “I
am pleased to extend warm greetings
to all who have gathered for this year’s
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgen¬
der Pride Celebration and Parade.” He
goes on to state, “The Golden State is
honored to host events that celebrate
diversity and promote active civic in¬
volvement. I applaud your efforts to
foster ties within your community
and to pay tribute to the cultural tol¬
erance of our Golden State.

“Over the past 35 years, California
has made significant progress to com¬
bat discrimination and prejudice
against the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgender community. I salute your
efforts to raise public awareness and
to advocate civil rights for all individ¬
uals, regardless of sexual orientation.

“On behalf of all Californians,
please accept my best wishes for a
wonderful event and every future suc¬
cess,” the letter concludes.

Teddy Witherington, executive di¬

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Marrying NY mayor visits SF

New Paitz, New York Mayor Jason West was "sainted" and had a touch of glitter ap¬
plied to his forehead by the Sisters of Perpetual indulgence at a community forum Satur¬
day in San Francisco. Above, West,, left, listens to marriage equality speakers with fel¬
low Green Party members Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez and Peter
Camejo. West made history when he followed San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's
lead and married 25 same-sex couples in the small New York town earlier this year. He
now faces criminal charges related to the weddings. On Sunday, West attended a Moth¬
er's Day brunch in Noe Valley. Said West, "1 think it's been incredible meeting all these
grassroots individuals in San Francisco. It gives me such inspiration. In New York, we
are the only ones who have lawsuits against us and we are the only place in the country
where they are prosecuting us." More than 300 people attended a fundraiser cabaret
performance Saturday night where West was the guest of honor.

Massachusetts gears
up for gay marriage

by Ed Walsh

A s Massachusetts gears
up to become the first
state to grant same-sex
marriage licenses next
week, a legal battle is
looming over the validity of
the licenses that may be issued
to gay couples from out of
state.

Although Massachusetts
does not have a residency re¬
quirement, the state’s Republi¬
can governor, Mitt Romney, is
insisting that city clerks en¬
force a 1913 law that states that
nonresidents may not marry
in Massachusetts if their mar¬
riage would be void in their
home state.

Gay rights advocates
promise to challenge the law in
court and there is a move
afoot in the Massachusetts
Legislature to repeal the
statute. Initially, Romney in¬
sisted that clerks demand
proof of residency before issu¬
ing licenses, but he backed off
that directive last week. Gay
marriage advocates had com¬
plained that proof of residen¬
cy was discriminatory because it had never
been required before.

Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defend¬
ers, the organization that fought and won the
same-sex marriage court battle, is warning
that out-of-state residents who marry in

Cambridge City Hall in Massachusetts will issue marriage
licenses on May 17 at 12:01 a.m.

Massachusetts face a double obstacle if their
marriage is challenged.

“Out-of-state same-sex couples who hon¬
estly marry in Massachusetts may be placed
in the unfortunate position of having to argue
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Exploring the serodivide

Gay men
opt for
serostatus
separation

by Matthew S. Bajko

I n 2000, after his “blowjob boyfriend,”
Michael Cooley gave up trying to date
negative guys.

“It was all we ended up doing. Once
in a while I would fuck him. But twice in
two years? Come on...” said Cooley, 30,
who has been positive for 10 years. “I
thought maybe it was better to date positive
guys.”

Cooley found it was just easier to
serosort, only dating or having sex with men
of the same HIV status.

“I tried for a little while to date anybody.
But it was just fraught with troubles to date
negative guys,” said Cooley, the Positive
Force program coordinator at the Stop AIDS
Project. “There is just this level of denial that
goes on around a negative guy interacting
with a positive guy. They say, ‘That’s fine, we
will be safe.’ But as time goes on, you get a
sense they are uncomfortable but don’t want
to hurt your feelings.”

Joseph, who asked that his last name not
be used, has serosorted for 10 years. Positive
for 20-plus years, the 45-year-old said that
when he learned his status, “I swore to my¬
self no one else would become infected by
me. I don’t think that is a large sacrifice. I’ve
tried to always be safe since then.”

He has tried to date negative men in the
past, but found such relationships too emo¬
tionally draining, especially when the issue
of sex was discussed.

“As time has gone on in relationships
with uninfected - which I prefer to say than
negative - men, there has always been an
imbalance,” he said. “Negative guys say, ‘We
can have safe sex.’ But to me it almost feels
like pity sex in a sense. It is limited in what I
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Mister Marcus

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Our Man Friday

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Out There

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Out & About

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Personals

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Sports Complex

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AIDS agencies fight cuts

Health Director Dr. Mitch Katz and members of the Health Commission
listen to speakers during Tuesday's meeting.

by Matthew S. Bajko

motional support, job train¬
ing programs, and mental
health and substance abuse
counseling for LGBT clients all
face the ax under the health de¬
partment’s proposed contingency
plans to help the city deal with a
$325 million budget crisis.

The San Francisco Health
Commission met Tuesday, May 11
to deal with the $12.6 million in
cuts requested by Mayor Gavin
Newsom. Newsom, after already
asking health officials to cut $19.7
million from their budget, had
proposed the department cut an¬
other $37.1 million.

Newsom, however, reversed
course and lowered his request
from a 15 percent cut to an 8.2
percent cut, thereby avoiding “the
most severe service cuts,” stated
Health Director Dr. Mitch Katz in
his budget proposal. The commis¬
sion voted unanimously to accept
Katz’s proposal.

“This is the best budget we have
ever seen in terms of what is not on
there. Every year they put the com¬
munity-based contractors on the
cut list. For once this mayor and
health director didn’t do that,” said
Health Commissioner Jim Illig.
“The bulk of these cuts were com¬
ing from the department side.”

The cuts include eliminating
296 positions, with 135 being ad¬
ministrative, noted Illig, Project
Open Hand’s government affairs
director.

For those agencies serving
LGBT clients that find themselves
on the chopping block the cuts
run deep. Probably the hardest hit
AIDS agency this year is Shanti,
which has seen its budget and staff
decimated over the last 12 months.

The 30-year-old agency’s bud¬
get fell from $4.5 million to $2.2
million and reduced its staff from
54 to 30 employees. More could
receive pink slips if the Health
Commission’s decision to end its
$401,811 contract to provide
emotional and practical support
to people living with AIDS is not
overturned by the Board of Su¬
pervisors. The agency serves 1,000
clients under the contract.

As of this Friday, the agency is
ending its transportation services
due to a drop in its Ryan White
CARE Act funding and, along
with Instituto de la Raza and the
Black Coalition on AIDS, has had
to end its case management ser¬
vices for hundreds of clients due
to the federal cuts and a failed at¬
tempt by the AIDS Office to back¬
fill the funds.

“Shanti is facing the most diffi¬
cult funding situation it has seen
in some years,” said Executive Di¬
rector Hywel Sims. “All types of
donations - private, corporate,
foundation, and government -
have fallen. Shanti has downsized
substantially, making every effort
not to reduce client services.”

In a letter sent to health com¬
missioners, Sims challenged the
reasoning given for cutting the
program. Katz wrote that by end¬
ing the contract for services to
“clients with less extensive needs”
it would avoid cuts in medical,
mental health, substance abuse,
food or transportation services for
people with HIV and AIDS.

Noting transportation is al¬
ready being cut and the clients his
agency serves are among the most
vulnerable in San Francisco, Sims
said, “More than one-third of the
people in this program are home¬
less or not stably housed, more
than a half have psychiatric illness,
and more than one-third report
active substance use.”

The same client base will be
adversely impacted by Katz’s deci¬
sion to close the Mission Mental
Health Clinic, said Michael Bar¬
bee, an openly gay psychologist
who estimates about 25 percent of
the clinic’s 700 clients are LGBT.

“We serve some LGBT clients
we may not think of as part of our
community, homeless LGBT peo¬
ple, seriously mentally ill clients,
and monolingual, Spanish-speak¬
ing LGBT clients who wouldn’t
have access to other services,” said
Barbee. “The health department
has been talking about the huge
problem with meth in the gay
male population. Many of those
people are homeless and seriously
mentally ill.”

Under Katz’s plan, the Mission
clinic would move into the Tom
Waddell primary care clinic,
which will end its night programs,
and be forced to lay off 20 people.

It is the first year the Mission clin¬
ic has been targeted and staff sus¬
pects it has more to do with their
monthly rent of $90,000 than with
service needs.

“These kinds of decisions are
made financially but without any
assessment of clinical need in the
community,” said Barbee, who
added no one at the clinic was
aware the program faced cuts
until Friday, when the health de¬
partment posted the contingency
plan on its Web site.

Other agencies facing cuts in¬
clude Positive Resource Center, the
San Francisco AIDS Foundation,
and the AIDS Health Project. As
with Shanti, the agencies have had
to fight to save their programs’
funding for the last two years. Last
year, Supervisors Tom Ammiano
and Chris Daly came up with a
plan to restore the programs’ funds,
and the agencies are hopeful the su¬
pervisors will once again save their
programs from the budget ax.

Dana Van Gorder, SFAF’s di¬
rector of state and local affairs,
said AHP - which contracts with
SFAF - has already given layoff
notices to its staff that provide
emotional support to people with
HIV and AIDS. The contract costs
$383,179.

SFAF has also seen a drop in
community support this year. Its
annual fundraiser last week raised
$273,000 compared to $300,000 in
2003. Though foundation officials
said donations are still being col¬
lected and hope they can break
even with last year’s total.

“AHP and the foundation are
certainly resourceful, and yet,
given reductions in our overall
fundraising and what have you, it
is difficult for us to assume the
cost of the services,” said Van
Gorder. “Additionally, as the city
budget has been more con¬
strained, Mitch has prioritized
primary care services. That has

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Coors runs Image’ ads

by Zak Szymanski

t the same time that activists
have renewed their efforts to
boycott Coors products for
continued donations to right-wing
causes - and just as “gay-friendly”
Colorado Republican Peter Coors
has jumped into a U.S. Senate race
- the Coors Brewing Company is
investing in a campaign of its own:
a series of pro-gay ads to run in
LGBT media outlets.

An Associated Press story this
week detailed candidate Coors’s
visit to a gay bar decades ago, to
talk with patrons. He also claims
responsibility to agree in 1978 to
end the lie-detector tests given to
employees, adopt an antidiscrim¬
ination policy, and institute bene¬
fits for the partners of gay em¬
ployees, according to AP. But
Coors claims the recent ad cam¬
paign is not related to the race.

Coors Brewing Company
began its image ads last year. The
2003 ads featured a triangle that
detailed its history of LGBT ac¬
tivism within its company, an ad
that the local magazine Gloss has
run without generating public
controversy, according to publish¬
er Bevin Shamel.

The newest ads for 2004 are
entitled “Straight Talk from
Coors,” and they address what
Coors is calling its “image prob¬
lem” in the LGBT community.
The Bay Area Reporter, perhaps to
the chagrin of some activists, is
running the full-page ad for seven
weeks, collecting a net of $816.79
per ad, according to general man¬
ager Michael Yamashita, for a total

of about $5,700.

The B.A.R. as a general rule
does not censor advertisements,
although controversial ads usually
warrant articles examining them.

Coors has a long history of
workplace problems, including
union busting and antigay discrim¬
ination, say activists, not to men¬
tion past support for the Ku Klux
Klan by Coors family members.

Company profits also help to
fund foundations that give grants
to antigay and other right-wing
politicians and efforts, such as the
Heritage Foundation, which sup¬
ported Colorado’s notorious
Amendment 2, and the Castle
Rock Foundation.

“Massive Coors family funding
of right-wing homophobia contin¬
ues today, including Castle Rock
grants to Heritage, Free Congress
(run by antigay TV commentator
Paul Weyrich), the Center for Indi¬
vidual Rights, the Western Journal¬
ism Center (run by homophobe
Joseph Farah), the Center for the
Study of Popular Culture, Promise
Keepers (a fundamentalist Christ¬
ian group), the Institute on Reli¬
gion and Public Life and many
other fiercely homophobic groups,”
said a recent fact sheet released by
the National Lawyers Guild.

The recent Coors company ad
campaign boasts its LGBT ad¬
vances in the workplace, its con¬
tinued funding of groups like the
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation and the Human
Rights Campaign, and its recent
100 percent score from HRC. But
while such specifics may be accu¬
rate, warn LGBT activists, the
company continuously fails to ad¬

dress how its owners give gener¬
ously to right wing and antigay
causes and indeed benefit from
the sale of Coors products.

“Let’s have some ‘straight talk’
of our own,” said Robert Haaland,
a queer and progressive activist
who is running for supervisor in
District 5. “Every penny I spend
on a Coors beer will go to funding
right-wing causes. That is their
fundamental image problem. And
that’s more than an image prob¬
lem, that’s a substance problem.”

Longtime LGBT and labor ac¬
tivist Howard Wallace said that
gays who think Coors’ problems
are all in the distant past just need
to look at some recent donations
from related Coors foundations:
to defeat gay marriage in Hawaii,
for instance.

Coors can point to its progress
for LGBT and other minority em¬
ployees, as noted by Kris Ward of
Merge Media, who wrote the press
release that accompanied the ad¬
vertisements. Ward points to do¬
mestic partner benefits, nondis¬
crimination ordinances, and em¬
ployee associations as true mea¬
sures of workplace acceptance.
And she quotes employees like
Elizabeth Jacobson, president of
the lesbian and gay employee as¬
sociation, who said, “It surprised
me how okay it is to be out at
Coors. And once I was out, I real¬
ized the sky is the limit. It’s a very
comfortable place to work,” she
said. “Plus the benefits are fantas¬
tic and the corporate culture is
second to none.”

But “they wouldn’t have those
gains without the boycott,” said
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Dyke March benefit

The San Francisco Dyke March
will host a benefit party Friday,
May 14 from 7-10 p.m. at the Do¬
lores Park Cafe, 501 Dolores Street
at 18^. Emcees will be Tina
D’Elia, Teretha Cooper, Katharine
Chase, Kitty Rose, Julie Wolf,
Terese Taylor, The Mama’s Boyz,
Judea Eden, Skye, Martine Locke,
and Meliza Banales.

Sliding scale donation is $10-
$20, although no one will be
turned away for lack of funds.

This year’s Dyke March takes
place Saturday, June 26, at Dolores
Park. The afternoon gets under way
with a rally and stage show at 3
p.m.; the march leaves the park at 7.

For more information, visit
www.dykemarch.org.

Lyon-Martin, Oakland
dyke march benefit

Comedian Karen Williams will
headline a benefit for Lyon-Mar¬
tin Women’s Health Services and
Sistahs Steppin’ in Pride (Oak¬
land’s dyke march event) Friday,
May 14 from 7-11 p.m. at Preser¬
vation Park, 1233 Preservation
Park Way, in downtown Oakland.
Other performers scheduled to
appear include jazz singer Janice
Steele and pianist Pat Gill, the Les¬
bian/Gay Chorus of San Francis¬
co, and Harlem Shake Burlesque.
Tickets are $40 per person or $75
per couple and include a VIP re¬
ception, reserve seating, and a
dance afterwards. Tickets for the
show only are $25 in advance, $30
at the door. For tickets or more in¬
formation, call (415) 901-7133 or
visit www.lyon-martin.org.

Sistahs Steppin’ in Pride, a dyke
march and festival, is slated for
August 28 at Lake Merritt. For
more information, visit
www.dykemarch.org.

Music in the park

The third annual “Music in
Buena Vista Park” event will take
place Friday, May 14 from 6-8
p.m. on the lawn at the summit of
the park, located off Haight Street.
Last year’s band, Edna Love, is
back by popular demand. Wine,
other beverages, and light snacks
will be for sale, or people can
bring their own food for a picnic.
The event is sponsored by Friends
of Recreation and Parks, the
Buena Vista Neighborhood Asso¬
ciation, Mt. Olympus Neighbors
Association, the Cole Valley Im¬
provement Association, and
Friends of Buena Vista Park. For
more information, call BVNA at
(415) 431-2359 or e-mail

BVNA@ix.netcom.com.

New spiritual group

San Francisco AIDS activist
Homer Hobi is starting a new
spiritual group “The Gay Mes¬
sage” and the first meeting will be
held Friday, May 14 at MCC-SF,
room 108,150 Eureka Street, from
7-9 p.m. According to Hobi, Gay
Message has its roots in “Silo’s
Message.” The idea is to connect
with the best in yourself, with
your internal strength, and with
the best in others. Hobi has been
involved in groups similar groups
for 30 years. He said that people
with HIV are encouraged to at¬
tend. For more information on
Silo, visit www.silo.net. For more
information on the new group,
contact Hobi at (415) 285-0606 or
e-mail hobi@sbcglobal.net.

Sha’ar Zahav game night

Congregation Sha’ar Zahav will
hold its first “May Mahj Madness”

Mah Jongg game night Saturday, May
15 from 7:30 p.m. to midnight. The
event celebrates queer, Jewish cultur¬
al identity. There is a $25 charge for
CSZ members, and $36 for non¬
members. Proceeds go to the syna¬
gogue’s educational programming.

Mah Jongg has been played in
China for centuries. The game was
imported to America in the early
1920s. By the 1930s, the game was
played predominantly by urban, East
Coast Jewish women. “Gay Jewish
Mah Jongg” in San Francisco began
about two years ago when three
friends - Caryn Aviv, Marc Wernick,
and Alan Gordon - decided to cre¬
ate a community that brings friends
together who share a passion for ex¬
ploring their Jewish past.

The CSZ-sponsored event is an
opportunity for non-players as
well as advanced players to learn
about the latest Mah Jongg rules
while making new friends. The
evening’s program includes spe¬
cial icebreakers, kosher snacks,
and official game instruction.

Space is limited. To sign up, call
Melanie Kushnir at (415) 861 -
6932 or e-mail mkushnir@
shaarzahav.org.

Launch party for
new street fair

Interested community mem¬
bers are invited to the Eagle Tav¬
ern, 398 12™ Street at Harrison,
Saturday, May 15 to be part of the
festivities to launch the Harrison
Street Party, which is scheduled to
take place in August. Starting at 9
p.m., the launch party is being
produced by Ggreg Taylor and will
give people a chance to learn more
about the event and to get involved
in hosting and planning activities.

Pete King, one of the organiz¬
ers for the bear-focused event, said
a week of activities would culmi¬
nate with an August 15 street
party along a portion of Harrison
Street, in San Francisco’s South of
Market District.

For more information, visit
www.harrison.org.

AIDS vigil Sunday

The 20^ annual AIDS Candle¬
light Vigil will be held Sunday,
May 16, starting at 8 p.m. at Cas¬
tro and Market streets. The can¬
dlelight march will proceed to
Civic Center, where there will be a
short program of speeches, music,
and performance.

The vigil began in San Francis¬
co and New York in 1983 and was
led and organized by people with
AIDS to publicly empower them¬
selves and to honor those who had
died. Since then, the vigil has be¬
come the world’s oldest and
largest grassroots event, with vig¬
ils taking place in some 3,000
communities in 85 countries.

The event is free, although do¬
nations are appreciated. Organiz¬
ers said people should bring their
friends and bring candles.

BCA forum

In recognition of HIV Vaccine
Awareness Day, the Black Coali-

Coors ad

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Wallace, who is about to become a
vice president of the San Francis¬
co Labor Council and was active
in last November’s press event in
the Castro to publicize how Coors
money has recently undermined
affirmative action.

“Coors is responsible for
bringing the extreme right
wingers into the mainstream.
Most conservatives thought these

tion on AIDS will present a com¬
munity forum, “HIV Vaccines and
African Americans” Tuesday, May
18 from 6-8 p.m. at the Visitation
Valley Jobs, Education, and Train¬
ing Center, located at 333 Scher-
win Street in San Francisco. The
community discussion will pro¬
mote dialogue on the importance
of black community involvement
in HIV vaccine research.

“Blacks are disproportionately
impacted by HIV, yet we are
under-represented in research
studies,” said Andre Robertson, di¬
rector of prevention. “If we want
study findings to accurately reflect
the black community, we must
bring ourselves to the table.”

Tuesday’s forum will also ad¬
dress misconceptions about vaccine
research that keep people away.

The event is free and open to
the public and will feature com¬
munity leaders and city health of¬
ficials. For more information, call
BCA at (415) 615-9945.

Job fair coming up

The LGBT Community Center’s
second job fair will take place
Thursday, May 20 from noon-4
p.m. at the center, 1800 Market
Street, in San Francisco. This job
fair’s focus will be on healthcare,
pharmaceutical, biotech, real estate,
mortgage, and title companies.

Prior to the job fair, the center
is holding a “Job Fair 101” this
Saturday, May 15 from 3-5 p.m. It
will cover the basics of how to best
prepare for a job fair.

Both events are free. For job
seeker information, call the front
desk, (415) 865-5555. For em¬
ployer participation, call David
Bach at (415) 865-5534. Informa¬
tion is also available at www.sf-
center.org.

‘Bike to Work Day’

“Bike to Work Day” takes place
Thursday, May 20 and participants
and supporters can gather at a
benefit for the San Francisco Bicy¬
cle Coalition and the Late Night
Coalition that evening at the DNA
Lounge, 11th Street at Harrison.
Tickets are $10 for SFBC members
or free if you join at the door.
Trannyshack’s own Heklina will
host “Bike to Work Night,” and
bring the best of Trannyshack’s
stars to entertain the crowd be¬
tween bands. Doors open at 7
p.m., the show starts at 8. For more
information, call SFBC at (415)
431-BIKE or visit www.sfbike.org.

SF marriage rally

As Massachusetts starts issuing
marriage licenses to same-sex cou¬
ples Monday, May 17, Marriage
Equality California will host a rally
in support of equal marriage
rights in downtown San Francisco.
Interested people should gather at
Powell and Market streets at 5 p.m.
The groups will then march to
City Hall for a rally, featuring co¬
median Margaret Cho. For more
information, call (415) 821-6545
or visit www.equalmarriagesoli-
darity.orgY

guys were nut cases, and now
these guys are in the White
House,” said Wallace. “Coors is
bad news for this country, not just
lesbians and gays.”

Wallace, who would rather not
see Coors ads in the gay press, said
that at the very least the Coors
campaign would propel those who
know better into serious action.

“In the long run I think they
will hurt themselves. This will
prompt many people like myself
to start making more noise about
the truth about Coors.” ▼

13 May 2004 BAY AREA REPORTER 5

Antigay crusader
Pete Knight dies

by Cynthia Laird

tate Senator William J. “Pete”
Knight (R-Palmdale), who
helped enshrine marriage
discrimination into California law,
died Friday, May 7 of an acute
form of leukemia. He was 74.

Mr. Knight had been ill since
mid-April and died at City of
Hope National Medical Center in
Duarte, California.

Mr. Knight was the author and
the leading force behind Califor¬
nia’s Proposition 22, the March
2000 ballot initiative that defined
marriage as a union between one
man and one woman. More than
60 percent of the state’s voters ap¬
proved the measure, which lives
on today as the debate continues
over equal marriage rights.

In the latest fight for equal
marriage rights, Assemblyman
Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) is
attempting to get his bill passed
that would amend a different sec¬
tion of the family code. Mr.
Knight’s Proposition 22 was
added to the section of the family
code dealing with marriages per¬
formed in other states being rec¬
ognized in California. Leno’s pro¬
posal, the Marriage License Non-
Discrimination Act (AB1967) af¬
fects the portion of the family
code dealing with marriages in
California and would define mar¬
riage as a union between “two per¬
sons.” On Wednesday, May 12

State Senator Pete Knight

AB1967 was placed in the sus¬
pense file following an Appropri¬
ations Committee meeting.

Mr. Knight was estranged from
his openly gay son, David, who
came to San Francisco in March
and married his longtime partner.

David Knight told the Los Angeles
Times over the weekend that he
just couldn’t talk about his father.

Gay and lesbian leaders offered
mixed views on Knight’s legacy.

Mike Marshall, who managed
the No on 22 campaign in 2000,
told the Bay Area Reporter Tues¬
day, May 11 that Mr. Knight “did
more to advance equal marriage
rights in California.” If Proposi¬
tion 22 hadn’t happened, Marshall
said, he doubted there would be
the expanded domestic partner
law that was passed last year.

“He had a huge impact for the
positive for gay couples, even
though his intent was malicious,”
Marshall said.

Marshall noted that once
Proposition 22 qualified for the
ballot, proponents of the initiative
kept Mr. Knight out of the spot¬
light during the campaign.

“I wish they had let him speak,

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Pete Knight’s shameful legacy

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tate Senator William J. “Pete” Knight,
who died last week at the age of 74,
spent much of his life in public office
belittling and stigmatizing the gay and les¬
bian community. His homophobic actions
reached their zenith with Proposition 22,
the 2000 ballot measure that defined mar¬
riage as a union between one man and one
woman. The so-called Knight initiative
(technically called the “Limit on Marriages”
initiative) was approved by 60 percent of
California voters and, to this day, remains a
major hurdle in the quest for equal mar¬
riage rights in the Golden State.

As a member of the Legislature, Mr.
Knight tried in vain to pass laws similar to the
initiative. Failure in those efforts led him to
take the issue to the voters through the initia¬
tive process. From the moment Proposition
22 qualified for the ballot, the LGBT commu¬
nity was put on the defensive and was dis¬
tracted by an overwhelming political and fi¬
nancial burden. Poll after poll found support
for the initiative hovering in the 59 percent
range, while opponents were never able to
muster much above 40 percent. Indeed, the
end result on election day mirrored virtually
every poll that was conducted - 60 percent
supported the initiative, 40 percent opposed
it. The community was never able to increase
its base of supporters in fighting Proposition
22. Despite hundreds of thousands of dollars
spent on television ads, endorsement support
from most major newspapers, and support
from many Democratic lawmakers, celebri¬
ties, and the like, we suffered a huge setback in
March 2000. And today, we’re stuck with this
crummy 14-word addition to the state’s fam¬
ily code that continues to hamper us.

Consider:

• Opponents of equal rights for gays and
lesbians tried using Proposition 22 last year
after then-Governor Gray Davis signed
AB205 into law. Assemblywoman Jackie
Goldberg’s (D-Los Angeles) law expands

rights and responsibilities for state-regis¬
tered domestic partners; it does not legalize
same-sex marriage, yet conservatives
bring up Proposition 22 when rail¬
ing against the bill.

• Proposition 22 is regularly
cited by the right-wing groups
fighting San Francisco’s decision
to issue marriage licenses to same-
sex couples.

• Proposition 22 is mentioned by op¬
ponents of AB1967, Assembly-
man Mark Leno’s (D-San
Francisco) Marriage License
Non-Discrimination Act, de¬
spite the fact that Leno’s bill would affect an
entirely different section of the state’s fami¬
ly code. Proposition 22 deals with the part of

the family code pertaining to marriages per¬
formed outside of the state; Leno’s bill would
amend the family code section pertaining to
marriages performed in the state.

Then there is the personal toll Mr.
Knight’s antigay beliefs had on his own
family. Most tragically, he rejected his
own son, David, when he came out of
the closet. Mr. Knight’s younger brother
died from AIDS-related complications.
t In the end, Mr. Knight’s legacy is
shameful. He did nothing to
galvanize the gay rights move¬
ment in California. His actions
did force the community to ex¬
pend valuable resources on a losing cause -
the reverberations of which haunt us, now
more than ever. ▼

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Trans-panic in Araujo trial

by Tina D’Elia & Christopher Daley

W ell, we’ve been here before. A
member of the LGBT community
is murdered in a horrific hate
crime. Suspects are identified, caught, and
put on trial. Then, bringing our worst fears
to life, the defendants’ attorneys play to so¬
cietal bias against our communities to ex¬
plain their clients’ actions in an attempt to
get acquittals or reduced convictions. Many
of the arguments currently being made by
defense attorneys for two of the three de¬
fendants in Gwen Araujo’s murder trial are
inappropriate and are causing harm to
transgender people and their families well
outside of a courtroom in Hayward.

Without a doubt, aggressive criminal de¬
fense attorneys are integral to a well func¬
tioning justice system. And in a system as
dysfunctional as ours, they are indispens¬
able. You don’t need to look any further
than the cases of Yaser Esam Hamdi and
Jose Padilla to see what would happen if
ethical criminal defense attorneys weren’t
able to do their job.

However, much of the rhetoric coming
from defense attorneys Tony Serra and
Michael Thorman is anything but ethical.
Serra and Thorman are pulling out the type
of “blame the victim” arguments that we all
thought had been retired 20 years ago. They
are asking questions about what Araujo was
wearing the night she was murdered, portray¬
ing her as deceitful, and saying that she took
away the right of one defendant to be hetero¬
sexual not because these issues are relevant to
the case. They are raising them to get an emo¬
tional response from the jury in order to re¬
duce the standard to which our society should
hold their clients responsible for their actions.

In recent testimony, the prosecution’s star
witness, Jaron Nabors, epitomized this idea.
Nabors has pleaded guilty to voluntary
manslaughter for his involvement in Arau¬
jo’s killing. During testimony, he told the
court that one of the reasons he turned over
the names of Michael Magidson and Jose
Merel - both of whom allegedly had sex with

Araujo - to the Fremont Police Department
was his belief that the police would go easy
on them because of what “Gwen had done
to them.” Picking up on Nabors’s expecta¬
tions, Serra and Thorman are playing on the
belief that one of the few things that could
be worse for a “straight” guy than to have sex
with a transgender woman would be for his
friends to find out about it.

Resting at the core of Serra and Thor-
man’s rhetoric is the assertion that Araujo’s
transition from male to female was an act of
deceit and that we should blame her if the
defendants were sexually attracted to
her. Serra and Thorman would have
us believe that Araujo, and by exten¬
sion all transgender people, are dis¬
honest when they assert their gen¬
der identity as their gender. That, at
the end of the day, they are only
playing “make-believe” and are
therefore partially respon¬
sible for any violence that
occurs when the curtain is
pulled back.

This argument stands in sharp contrast
to our experiences as non-transgender peo¬
ple working, socializing, and/or partnering
with transgender people. When a transgen¬
der person transitions from their birth iden¬
tified gender to their actual gender, they are
bravely showing their true self to the world.
They are fighting against powerful societal
forces that have conscripted an overwhelm¬
ing number of characteristics onto them
based solely on stereotypes about genitalia
and reproductive organs. Transition is not
an act of deceit or make-believe, but instead
a powerful act of living a truthful life.

Serra and Thorman are denigrating
these acts. And the effects of their argu¬
ments are not limited to Department 510 at
the Hayward Hall of Justice. The negative
stereotypes about transgender people that
are being reinforced by Serra and Thor-
man’s irresponsible rhetoric have the po¬
tential for leading to increased violence and
discrimination against transgender people.
They are being picked up by media across
the state - oftentimes uncritically - and

consumed by potential perpetrators of hate
violence. Transgender people and their fam¬
ilies are also absorbing theses messages.
We’ve spoken to people who are having a
hard time following the trial because of how
personally they are taking the defense team’s
comments.

While it’s pointless, at this time, to ask
Serra and Thorman to clean up their act, as
a community we can take proactive steps to
mitigate the damage they are doing. We en¬
courage each of you to engage your friends,
co-workers, family, and neighbors in con¬
versations about how these types of argu¬
ments don’t serve our criminal justice sys¬
tem and poison the atmosphere for trans¬
gender people and their families.

One way to start these conversa¬
tions is to participate in CUAV’s
“Butterfly Campaign” by wear¬
ing and giving out butterfly
stickers in support of
Araujo, her family, and
friends.

We would also encour¬
age you to participate in the media dialogue by
writing letters to the editor and submitting
commentaries to broadcast media focusing on
the truths that are ignored by the defense
team’s theories. Finally, participate in the
movement to change school environments so
that students can learn about transgender peo¬
ple and develop the kind of understanding that
could have prevented Araujo from being mur¬
dered. One concrete way to do this is to sup¬
port the Gwen Araujo Memorial Fund of the
Horizon’s Foundation (you can get more in¬
formation at www.horizonsfoundation.org).

All of us have a stake in preventing an¬
other hate crime from occurring and all of
us have a responsibility to make sure that
the truths underlying Araujo’s murder
aren’t distorted or forgotten. ▼

Tina D’Elia is the hate violence survivor
program director at Community United
Against Violence. Christopher Daley,
Esq., is co-director of the Transgender
Law Center.

13 May 2004 BAY AREA REPORTER 7

Missing Bella

The Castro will never be the same without our
beautiful Bella.

Jim Robbie Robinson
San Francisco

Sheehy bad choice for AIDS czar

Reports that Mayor Newsom is vetting Jeff Sheehy
for a position as an unpaid AIDS czar are alarming
[“Newsom vets Sheehy for AIDS czar role April 29].
Sheehy is the worst possible candidate for the job.

To begin with, Alexander Cockburn of www.coun-
terpunch.org reported in January 2002 that Sheehy
and former AIDS Czar Mike Shriver met on Novem¬
ber 19, 2001 (after Shriver had, reportedly, already
went on disability leave) with officials from UCSF, the
mayor’s AIDS office, and the FBI to discuss filing do¬
mestic terrorism charges against ACTUP/SF using the
despicable Patriot Act. Recently, the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors passed a resolution condemn¬
ing the Patriot Act, as have a number of jurisdictions
around the country. As a participant of that meeting,
Sheehy appears to be all too willing to silence public
dissent by hauling out the Patriot Act; in so doing,
Sheehy violates our community norms opposing John
Ashcroft and the Bush, administration’s repressive
policies, calling into question Sheehy’s ethical deci-
sion-rriaking.

Secondly, coverage in the B.A.R. on April 29 indi¬
cates he doesn’t want the czar position to take up too
much time from his day job and that Sheehy sees the
czar role as being a confidential adviser to the mayor.
As open government capital of the world with our
sunshine ordinance, we do not need closed-door
“confidential” conversations conducted violating the
public’s right to know what our government is doing
in the policy arena. That Sheehy prefers to skirt open
government makes him an inappropriate
pick for this job.

Then there’s the problem with Shee¬
hy’s day job. As deputy director of com¬
munications at UCSF’s AIDS Research In¬
stitute - the same employer of Mike Shriv¬
er - Sheehy is little more than a publi¬
cist. We do not need “spinmeisters” set¬
ting HIV/AIDS policies behind closed
doors. ARI churns out pseudo-science
masquerading as real science, and as co-sponsor of the
failed 2001 HIV Consensus meeting, ARI has failed
(along with DPH), to issue an unabridged report
from that meeting. The meeting was supposed to have
issued an official best-guess estimate of the incidence
and prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Instead, we received a
crummy 14-page abridged report done in Power
Point.

As well, UCSF receives funding from the Ryan
White CARE Act program for healthcare services, and
it would present a potential conflict of interest for any
UCSF department to then be advising the mayor on
AIDS funding policies that could affect the amount
of funding UCSF receives from CARE funds. It would
be nearly impossible for Sheehy to remain objective
about UCSF.

The community should actively lobby Mayor
Newsom, telling him we do not want Sheehy to be our
next AIDS czar, and aggressively block this appoint¬
ment.

Patrick Monette-Shaw
San Francisco

Stop AIDS and Savage

Brent Calderwood raised several important points
in his opinion piece reacting to a community forum
featuring Dan Savage [“The Savage truth,” Guest
Opinion, May 6]. He should be commended for his
candor in conveying his personal experiences. The
community forum on April 27 was co-sponsored by
the Stop AIDS Project and the DPH’s STD unit. Stop
AIDS did not, as Calderwood asserts “under promote”
the event, in fact more than 150 people attended the
forum and Stop AIDS and the DPH advertised the
event, distributing flyers, posters, and e-mails to en¬
courage attendance. Stop AIDS signed up to help
sponsor and promote the event with full knowledge of
the controversial stances Mr. Savage often takes. Invit¬
ing Savage to speak is consistent with the frank and
open dialogue that Stop AIDS fosters in our programs
and social marketing campaigns.

In addition, Calderwood states that HIV rates are
“skyrocketing.” While data is limited in taking an ab¬
solutely accurate and current snapshot of new infec¬
tions among gay and bisexual men in San Francisco,
a mix of special studies, STD, and behavioral trends
indicates that HIV incidence rose among men who
have sex with men from 1995 to 2001, then leveled off,
and may now be declining. This is important to point
out, not because we should pat ourselves on the back
and go home, but rather because it represents an im¬
portant turn in the epidemic that requires HIV pre¬
vention organizations to retool and emphasize those
programs that are working, such as prevention with
HIV positive individuals.

The Stop AIDS Project has been at the forefront
nationally in dealing with several of the issues that
Calderwood and Savage bring up. Last year the pro¬
ject launched a controversial “HIV Is No Picnic” social

marketing campaign that, far from “glamorizing
HIV,” speaks the truth about symptoms associated
with HIV/AIDS. Every three months Stop AIDS pro¬
duces a two-day intensive retreat, the Plus Seminar,
for HIV-positive people, their partners, and others af¬
fected by HIV; Stop AIDS produces “Magnetic Love,”
a workshop specifically for “mixed-status” men; and
Stop AIDS created Positive Force, a cutting-edge pro¬
gram that helps HIV-positive men take a role in HIV
prevention. In addition, Stop AIDS provides several
programs and workshops for HIV-negative men
struggling with the basics of “safer sex” and the more
complex issues of sex in the context of our lives.

Those readers dealing with any of the above issues
are always welcome to attend Stop AIDS Project pro¬
grams. HIV prevention is a community-wide and in¬
dividual responsibility that we can only achieve to¬
gether.

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Dan Savage and Matthew Cusick

I believe Dan Savage should be applauded and
commended for his eye-opening remarks on the gay
community’s current state of sexual prowess and vir¬
tual-condoning of promiscuity [“Sex columnist ad¬
monishes gay men for unsafe sex,” April 29]. With the
recent rise of sexually transmitted diseases, including
HIV and AIDS, this is no time to cry foul when sexu¬
al oppression is supposedly occurring toward the gay
community. Sexual awareness is majestically impor¬
tant and must be conveyed with or without depen¬
dence on federal funds or private donations. Despite
the recent increase in medical assistance to help
thwart the spreading of HIV infections, the gay com¬
munity continues practicing risky behavior without
truly pondering the dire consequences that ensue.

I should know since I see and hear about it
all the time.

Not only do I overhear young gay men
boasting (at cafes, bars, and other social
areas) about their having unprotected sex
and how good it feels, but professional
colleagues and other supposed intelli¬
gent, educated associates of mine are
having casual encounters without tak¬
ing the time to unroll a condom. It sur¬
prises me into absolute disbelief these very people I
personally know - doctors, lawyers, engineers, police
officers, financial advisers - are simply shrugging off
the threatening nature of the diseases out there for
their own “pure and real” sexual gratification.

And when I hear about those criticizing people like
Dan Savage for being antagonistic toward their own,

I can’t help but feel absolutely insulted that members
within the gay community are not suppose to think
individually for their own. Just because we all are
identified under the same polychromatic flag doesn’t
mean we are all united with the same ideals and pol¬
itics. Without the voices of disagreement, we would
all be one community of gullible and dying individu¬
als.

Which brings me to Matthew Cusick. I don’t sym¬
pathize with his cause, and believe his legal con¬
frontation with Cirque du Soleil was more for the
grounds of establishing personal [financial] equity
than helping to abolish discrimination of others un¬
fortunately infected with HIV [“Cirque settles with
HIV+ gymnast for $600K,” April 29]. Compared to
past cases where individuals fought successfully for
the same reason as Mr. Cusick, such legal matters were
not heavily.reported in the media, especially in the gay
press. Yet, I can’t help but feel Mr. Cusick’s publicity
was based more on a whiny pretty boy crying foul
against a renowned dance company when he should
have known better and used a condom! The Cusick
settlement award ostensibly sends out the wrong mes¬
sage about HIV discrimination. As long as someone is
infected and discriminated against, employers have
no recourse but to overextend themselves to those
with such illnesses, which could have been diligently
prevented to begin with.

The real hero here must be Dan Savage for his
rhetorical crusade in alerting the gay community
about the severity of today’s (gay) status quo. Unfor¬
tunately, I do not feel the rest of the gay community
shares what Dan Savage and I are promulgating. In¬
stead, our perspectives are perceived as a self-oppres¬
sive, self-censuring, and siding with conservatives
against a community that prides itself on sexual hon¬
esty and openness. Not so! The bottom line is caring
for the health, maturing reputation, and integrity we
must all maintain to continue pursuit of content,
long-lasting, disease-free lives. Or is this just too ab¬
normal nowadays amongst us in the gay community?

Brad Meyers
San Francisco

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Exclusionary tactics

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

recently had the pleasure of

walking up Rhode Island Av¬
enue in Washington, D.C., and
standing in front of a large, glass-
fronted building. In my hand was
a sign that said, simply, “Ten Years
of Exclusion.” The building we
were standing in front of had a
large, burnished aluminum sign
near the top - in the shape of an
“equal” sign.

Yes, the building is the office of
the Human Rights Campaign.

I was proud to stand outside
that building, attracting the atten¬
tion of those behind the glass win¬
dows as well as many passersby. If
anything, this was nothing more
than yet another skirmish in a bat¬
tle that has been brewing for a
very long time - and a struggle
that is heating up yet again.

It will come as no sur¬
prise to many that there has
been a long history of bad
blood between HRC and
transgender activists.

For the last decade - as
transgender
people have
fought to be in¬
cluded in the
Employment Non-Discrimina¬
tion Act - HRC has stood firm in
its belief that adding “transgen¬
der” to this bill would weaken its
chances of passage.

The argument is that it is better
to stick with political expediency
than wait for a future time when
an all-inclusive bill would be ac¬
cepted. After all, one could simply
attempt to include transgender
people later, or craft a future bill
to cover gender identity or expres¬
sion.

Similar arguments have been
made regarding the Local Law En¬
forcement Enhancement Act, oth¬
erwise known as the federal hate
crimes bill. While “gender” is in¬
cluded within the proposed legis¬
lation, it is unclear whether it will
apply to transgender people.
Some have said that it is best to
just assume that it will rather than
worry about adding specific lan¬
guage that may make the bill
harder to pass. Never mind that
neither ENDA nor LLEEA are
going anywhere in a Republican-
dominated Congress.

Over the last decade many
things have changed. The trans¬
gender community has gone from
a blip on the radar screen of a rel¬
atively small number of queer
rights groups to being an accepted
- if often underserved and misun¬
derstood - part of the larger com¬
munity. The term “transgender”
itself has gone from obscurity to
the mass media and, yes, the floors
of Congress.

Indeed,

gender identity
or expression
has been in¬
cluded in most
rights bills
passed on the
last handful of
years, . along¬
side sexual ori¬
entation.

Yet while
rights victories
across the
country have
become vastly
more inclusive
of transgender
and gender
variant language, transgender ac¬
tivists have been told that a trans¬
gender inclusive ENDA is still as
risky a proposition now as it was
in 1994.

Now, information has
come to me that shows
why this remains the case
within the Beltway, even
while transgender-inclu¬
sive change has happened
across the country. The an¬
swer is as simple
as it is disturb¬
ing: HRC itself
has been the

roadblock.

A day before I stood in front of
HRC’s swank offices, another ac¬
tivist visited a congressmember’s
office. The congressmember was
supportive of transgender inclu¬
sion, but wondered out loud why
HRC was not “on board” with
this. Over the course of the next
day, more of those lobbying heard
similar questions from congres¬
sional aides.

It isn’t Congress that is so
much resistant to trans-inclusive
bills - it is those we entrust to
push for our rights in Washing¬
ton, D.C. The tail has been wag¬
ging the dog all along, as HRC
keeps transgender-inclusive lan¬
guage out of the offices of our leg¬
islators, rather than assisting in
the education of these same indi¬
viduals on the need for such lan¬
guage.

In the week that followed this
protest, even more damning re¬
ports began to surface, including
allegations that HRC had at¬
tempted to influence a trans-sup-
portive organization to change its
stance towards trans inclusion. I
also heard stories that reached far
beyond simply the needs of trans¬
gender people, including mem¬
bers of the leather community
who were turned away from HRC
functions due to their - conserva¬
tive by most standards - formal
leather wear.

The day of the protest in D.C.,
a HRC representative came out to
meet our protesters, and ask us in¬

side and away from the public eye.
It was myself and the primary or¬
ganizer of the protest who went
inside while the rest of our group
continued outside. We also took a
camera crew - which had been
filming transgender lobbying ef¬
forts earlier that day - inside to
film a closed door meeting with a
small group of HRC officials.

Amidst the platitudes and
promises, it was mentioned that
HRC was intending to discuss
whether it should support only
transgender-inclusive bills in the
future at its August board meet¬
ing.

Now is where you, the reader,
come in. You know where I stand
on this, and you know that I’m
not afraid to stand out in front of
the HRC offices in Washington,
D.C. to show my frustration with
an organization that claims to in¬
clude me, yet seems to work
against me when I’m not watch¬
ing.

If this behavior doesn’t sit well
with you, then take your own
stand. When you are asked at
Pride to contribute to HRC, de¬
cline. If you are a member, do not
renew your membership. Exclude
yourself- and your money - from
an organization that chooses to
exclude other members of your
community. Let HRC know that if
we are indeed one community,
then we only need one fully inclu¬
sive bill to cover us all.

Finally, to those reading who
may well be voting in August dur¬
ing HRC’s board meeting, please
consider a vote for change. If you
are truly for human rights, know
that these should be given to all:
one should never pick and choose
who deserves legal protections
based on supposed political expe¬
diency. ▼

Gwen Smith thanks those few
anonymous sources who have
contributed immeasurably to
the above piece. You can find
her on the World Wide Web at
www.gwensmith.com.

AZ Web site must face CA antigay lawsuit

by Zak Szymanski

yberspace boundaries got a
bit clearer - and LGBT cou¬
ples a bit more optimistic -
when a federal court ruled May 3
that an Arizona-based Internet
adoption site must stand trial for
its refusal to comply with Califor¬
nia anti-discrimination laws.

The site - Adoption.com - is
the largest online adoption site in
the country, and as part of its ser¬
vices allows prospective parents to
post their profiles in hopes of con¬
necting with birth mothers. Same-
sex couples, however, are not per¬

mitted to post their profiles.

Last December, the National
Center for Lesbian Rights along
with the law firm Orrick, Her¬
rington & Sutcliffe LLP, filed a
complaint on behalf of San Jose
residents Rich and Michael Butler,
who were prohibited from posting
their profile on Adoption.com in
2002.

The suit alleges that excluding
same-sex couples from Adop-
tion.com violates California law,
which prohibits businesses from
discriminating on the basis of sex¬
ual orientation.

NCLR Executive Director Kate
Kendell said that there was no lan¬

guage on the site prohibiting
same-sex couples from using the
service until the legal issues sur¬
rounding the Butlers’ rejection
were brought to Adoption.com’s
attention. The eligibility require¬
ments were then carefully con¬
structed to welcome “traditional”
families, and only those who are
“legally married” in a union rec¬
ognized by all 50 states.

“Using marital status as an ex¬
clusion is a red herring, a stand-in
for hostility toward lesbian and
gay couples,” Kendell told the Bay
Area Reporter upon filing the suit
last year. “It is not a permitted

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13 May 2004 BAY AREA REPORTER 9

Boxer has big lead in
polls and fundraising

by Wayne Friday

t is a long time (particularly in

f politics) from May to Novem¬
ber, but leaders of both the
Democratic and Republican par¬
ties feel that California’s 55 elec¬
toral votes are pretty safe for Sen¬
ator John Kerry (D) in the pres¬
idential election to be held some
six months from now, and though
Republicans are loathe to say so,
the re-election of Democratic U.S.
Senator Barbara Boxer looks like
a sure thing as well.

Barring a political upset the
likes of which has not been seen in
this state in decades, Boxer should
easily defeat her Republican chal¬
lenger, former California Secre¬
tary of State Bill Jones, on No¬
vember 2. Indeed, a recent poll by
the Los Angeles Times indicates
that Boxer would defeat Jones by
a 20-percentage point blowout.
The April 17-21 poll of 1,265 reg¬
istered voters considered most
likely to vote shows the incum¬
bent with a 54 percent to 34 per¬
cent lead over her GOP challenger,
with only 12 percent undecided.

Most helpful to Boxer, in this
heavily Democratic state, is the fact
that among registered Democrats
she’s pulling a whopping 84 per¬
cent of her party’s base; Boxer is
also pulling a respectable
16 percent of the regis¬
tered GOP voters, most
likely those of pro-choice
Republican women.

What is somewhat
more surprising
though, is that after two
terms in the
Senate, with a
record to de¬
fend, not only is
Boxer highly popular among her
own party, but she is, according to
the Times poll, leading Jones among
independent voters, taking 54 per¬
cent, with only 20 percent leaning
toward the Republican candidate,
and 23 percent of the independents
claiming to still be undecided.

Jones’s biggest political prob¬
lem? Abortion. During the primary
race earlier this year, Jones’s key
GOP opponent, former U.S. Trea¬
surer Rosario Marin, who was pro-
choice, warned that Jones, who is
strongly anti-abortion, wouldn’t do
well against Boxer. In fact, Marin
openly predicted that only a pro-
choice Republican candidate could
defeat Boxer in November. Since
losing to the better-known Jones in
the March primary, Marin has been
appointed to a cushy Sacramento
job by Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger, who endorsed
Jones, but the Jones-Marin prima¬
ry battle was a bitter one and she
has yet to endorse his candidacy.

Boxer has also outpaced Jones
in the fundraising department,
having reportedly raised some $11
million, while Jones’s latest re¬
porting has him with only $1.45
million in contributions from in¬
dividuals, $162,000 from political
action committees, and a loan to
his own campaign of $350,000.

Look for Boxer to make a pitch
to not only her solid Democratic
base, but to the hundreds of thou¬
sands of pro-choice women in the
Republican Party as well. Will
Marin eventually endorse Jones?
Probably, but it is expected to be
at best a lukewarm endorsement,
and even those closest to
Schwarzenegger are reportedly ad¬
mitting that with the Bush cam¬

paign all but bypassing California
in November, without the benefit
of a full-fledged campaign by the
national GOP and the big bucks it
brings, Jones appears headed to a
resounding defeat at the hands of
Boxer as she seeks a third term in
the November general election.

Politics and people

Retired San Francisco Superior
Court Judge Lillian Sing definitely
will be a candidate for supervisor in
District 1 this November and that
means big trouble for incumbent Su¬
pervisor Jake McGoldrick as the
popular Sing is a tireless campaigner
and has loads of admirers
and friends. Sing made
her announcement
Wednesday morning.
McGoldrick will also
likely face Joe 0 ’-
Donoghue, who re¬
portedly is moving to
District 1 to enter
the race.

Seeking to
increase Lati¬
no support for
same-sex marriage, state Board of
Equalization Chairwoman Carole
Migden enlisted the help of Chris¬
tine Chavez, granddaughter of
labor and civil rights leader Cesar
Chavez, for a Cinco de Mayo event
May 5 in Sacramento. Chavez
presided over the commitment
ceremony of seven gay and lesbian
couples. “I hope this will spur the
debate,” Chavez told the Los Ange¬
les Times. “I hope people will stop
me on the street to talk about this.
I’m going to tell them this is about
championing equality for every¬
one, not just Latinos.”

Monday morning’s television
carried live coverage of President
George W. Bush, after a rushed
ass-covering trip to the Pentagon,
standing with Dick Cheney at his
side, reading a carefully-prepared
statement in which he insisted
that Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld was “doing a superb
job” adding that “the nation owes
him a debt of gratitude.” Bush
took no questions from dozens of
reporters gathered at the Penta¬
gon. Meanwhile, more Democrat¬
ic leaders are calling for Rums¬
feld’s resignation over the growing
prisoner abuse scandal at Bagh¬
dad’s Abu Ghraib prison.

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-
California) insists that if she had
known about District Attorney
Kamala Harris’s views on the
death penalty, she probably
wouldn’t have endorsed her last
fall. Well, with all due respect to
the good senator, if she doesn’t
know a candidate’s views she
should not be endorsing them for
anything. As for Harris, she’s a
committed, honest, tough prose¬
cutor and rest assured she will be

putting the alleged killer of Offi¬
cer Isaac Espinoza away not to see
the light of day again. It’s all but
impossible to get the death penal¬
ty in the Bay Area (especially San
Francisco County) and everyone
knows that; because of recent
changes in sentencing laws that re¬
ally puts the hammer to violent
criminals, jurors are even more re¬
luctant to sentence any murderers
to death„so life in prison without
the possibility of parole is more
likely the way to get a guilty ver¬
dict. In defending Harris, Alame¬
da County District Attorney Tom
Orloff, Ms. Harris’s former boss,
noted that sending a cop killer to
death row is now nearly impossi¬
ble without clear proof that the
accused killer had a prior plan to
specifically kill a police officer.
With a LWP conviction, the issue
isn’t whether a cop killer will die
in prison, but when.

Donna Sachet, Audrey
Joseph, Larry Hashbarger, and
Bob Brunson are co-hosting a re-
election fundraiser for Assembly-
man Mark Leno at the popular
Asia SF club, 9th and Howard
streets, Monday, May 17, from 6-8
p.m. Food, drinks, and entertain¬
ment aplenty ($125 donation
asked; 916-441-6855 for info).

In Warroad, Minnesota, a gay
couple was told they no longer
could take communion or sing in
the choir at their Catholic church
because of their relationship. Dale
Sand and Tom Pepera, who have
been together for five years, said
their priest asked them to restrict
participation in church activities
after Sand wrote a letter support¬
ing same-sex marriage that was
published in the Grand Forks
(North Dakota) Herald newspaper.

And in Kansas, a proposed con¬
stitutional amendment declaring
that the state recognizes marriage
as being only between one man and
one woman failed to win enough
House support in Topeka to submit
it to voters; the vote in the Kansas
House was 79-45, just five votes shy
of the needed two-thirds majority.
The state Senate had previously
adopted the proposal.

In Sacramento last week, Gov¬
ernor Schwarzenegger’s adminis¬
tration reportedly sneaked into
the office of a state official and
mounted a photograph of the new
governor after the officeholder
had refused to do so himself. Su¬
perintendent of Public Instruc¬
tion Jack O’Connell, a Democrat
(the post is officially nonpartisan),
didn’t want the photo of the gov¬
ernor in his office because his of¬
fice’s work can include policy dis¬
putes with the governor. Mainte¬
nance workers installed it after the
Department of Education staff
had left the office for the day.

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wiin.mil

Saddamites in the military

by Dale Carpenter

ith the sexual abuse
scandal coming out of
the Abu Ghraib prison in
Iraq, the U.S. military continues
its long and complex relationship
with homosexuality.

The American military had its
origins as an effective fighting
force in the training and discipline
given it by Baron Frederich von
Steuben, who trained General
George Washington’s rag-tag
forces at Valley Forge in 1778. Von
Steuben, a Prussian, literally wrote
the book on American military
discipline and order. Historians
believe he was indispensable to
the success of the Continental
Army, and therefore to American
independence. But, according to
author Randy Shilts, von
Steuben’s services were available
to the Americans in 1778 only be¬
cause he had fled Prussia after
being accused of “having taken fa¬
miliarities with young boys which
[Prussian] law forbids and pun¬
ishes severely.”

That same year, the Continen¬
tal Army court-martialed a lieu¬
tenant general who had been
caught in bed with another man.
He was the first known victim of
the American military’s antiho¬
mosexual policies.

Beginning in the 20th century,
the military adopted formal regu¬
lations excluding homosexuals
from service. Regulations in¬
formed draft boards and officers
that male homosexuals could be
detected by “feminine body char¬

acteristics,” “effeminacy in dress or
manner,” or “patulous [enlarged]
rectum.” Effeminate men who
were otherwise “normal” should
be rejected for service, according
to the regulations, because they
“would become subject to ridicule
and ‘joshing’ which will harm the
general morale and will incapaci¬
tate the individuals.”

Yet during each period of war,
discharges for homosexuality have
declined. During World War II,
for example, more than 18.mil¬
lion Americans were induct¬
ed, but fewer than 5,000
were rejected for homo¬
sexuality. My grandfa¬
ther, who served in the
Pacific theater, tells me that
known homosexuals
often served without
incident or problem
during the war. He
does recall, however,
that in a few cases they were sub¬
jected to taunting, teasing, and
even physical abuse.

Physical and verbal abuse, ac¬
companied by officially sanc¬
tioned witch-hunts delving into
soldiers’ private lives, have been
hallmarks of the military’s treat¬
ment of known and suspected
gays.

Who can forget the ghastly
murder of Private First Class
Barry Winchell, bludgeoned with
a baseball bat in his sleep by a fel¬
low soldier who had heard rumors
Winchell was gay?

Who can forget the chilling
testimony of Marine Colonel
Frederick Peck, before the Senate
Armed Services Committee dur¬

ing the debate over “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell”? Peck said he would
not want his own gay son to serve
in the military because “I would
be very fearful that his life would
be in jeopardy from his own
troops.”

Now there is evidence that U.S.
soldiers sought to humiliate some
Iraqi prisoners by forcing them to
strip and simulate homosexual
acts. One photo shows a naked
male prisoner kneeling in front of
another naked male prisoner,
as if performing oral sex.
Other photos show nude
male prisoners’ bodies
entwined with one an¬
other. According to one
report, a male prisoner was
sodomized “with a
chemical light and
perhaps a broom¬
stick.” More such
horrific revelations
are sure to come.

Why would U.S. soldiers, some
seen smiling next to their live
pornography, subject prisoners to
this abuse? Perhaps the abuse was
an attempt to “break down” the
prisoners before interrogation.
Perhaps it was considered punish¬
ment for bad behavior. Perhaps
the soldiers were just having some
sadistic fun. Perhaps some combi¬
nation of these was involved. We’ll
learn more when the trials begin.

But why the specifically homo¬
sexual nature of the abuse? I can
think of many ways to humiliate
someone, but this would not be
the first way that comes to mind.

The answer, I think, comes
from the words of one of the pris-

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oners, as quoted by the Associate
Press: “We are men. It’s OK if they
beat me,” he said. “Beatings don’t
hurt us; it’s just a blow. But no one
would want their manhood to be
shattered. They wanted us to feel
as though we were women, the
way women feel, and this is the
worst insult, to feel like a woman.”

U.S. soldiers, male and female,
were exploiting a commonly ac¬
cepted fact of military cultures
around the world: the most de¬
grading thing that can happen to a
man is to be feminized, and to be
homosexual is to be feminized.
That fact has long been part of
U.S. military culture.

There are two other facile, but
perhaps correct, conclusions to
draw about the homosexual na¬
ture of the abuse at the Abu
Ghraib prison. One is that the in¬
cidents evidence a culture of ex¬
treme homophobia in the U.S.
military. On the other hand,
prison authorities may have pri¬
marily been taking advantage of
the revulsion toward homosexu¬
ality evident in Islamic societies.

The other facile conclusion is
that the homophobia of the Bush

administration has fueled these
incidents. The Bush administra¬
tion has done some fairly rotten
things, starting with the presi¬
dent’s unforgivable support for a
constitutional amendment ban¬
ning gay marriage. But I doubt
such things trickle down much.
Discharges for homosexuality are
actually lower now than they were
when Bill Clinton, a relatively gay-
friendly president, was in office.
On the other hand, that could be
attributable to the war.

The sexual abuse scandal com¬
ing out of the Abu Ghraib prison
in Iraq is full of ironies. Here we
have American soldiers humiliat¬
ing captured Iraqis in the very
prison where Saddam Hussein’s
henchmen tortured people. In any
event, it is just another chapter in
the military’s schizophrenic gay
history. ▼

Dale Carpenter is a law
professor. Some of his past
columns can be read at
www.indegayforum.com. He
can be reached at
0utRight@aol.com.

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basis for exclusion since there is
no way for lesbian and gay couples
to meet that requirement.”

Representatives from Adop¬
tion.com did not return phone
calls from the B.A.R. seeking com¬
ment.

But reports indicate that the
site argued that it should be
judged by the law in Arizona,
which unlike California and sev¬
eral other states, does not have a
nondiscrimination code that cov¬
ers sexual orientation.

The site may be based in Ari¬
zona, but its services reach poten¬
tial parents across the country.
Applying cyberspace to real space
is a “somewhat untested area of
the law,” according to Kendell, but

Adoption.com “specifically targets
California and intentionally in¬
duces prospective adoptive par¬
ents from California to use their
services.”

“Simply because it is not bricks
and mortar does not give them a
free pass to engage in what other¬
wise would be unlawful discrimi¬
nation,” she added.

Last week, Federal District
Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton
agreed that the couple has a case
based on California law, a decision
that the men applauded.

“We are relieved that we will
have a chance to hold
Adoption.com accountable for vi¬
olating California law by discrim¬
inating against gay and lesbian
couples,” said Rich Butler. “Same-
sex couples are just as capable of
providing good homes for chil¬
dren as different-sex couples.” ▼

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house saw a person on the
sidewalk wearing only a woman’s
bra and loosely fitting trench
coat. Appearing to be intoxicated,
the person’s hands were hidden in
the groin area, and an empty pint
of vodka lay nearby. A passing
pedestrian tried to put a blanket
over the person, who angrily
pushed it away. Alarmed, the res¬
ident called 911. When an officer
arrived, the suspect was fully ex¬
posed. The officer tried to arrest
the suspect, who resisted. The of¬
ficer was eventually able to make

an arrest. The offender, 59, was
taken to Mission Station and
booked for engaging in a lewd act,
resisting arrest, and public
intoxication. The officer
also ran a records
check revealing that
in the last three years
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arrested 43 times in
the Castro neigh¬
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men punched the other in the
face. “All you have to say is ex¬
cuse me,” the suspect stat¬
ed. Another man tried
to intervene and sepa¬
rate the two, but they
continued to argue.
The suspect - de¬
scribed as 6 feet, 3
inches tall, 200
pounds, wearing a
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victim. ▼

AIDS agencies

◄ page 2

meant mental health and sub¬
stance abuse services have taken
cuts just because of their lower
priority. And yet, we know that for
many people living with HIV and
AIDS there are acute mental
health problems.”

Brett Andrews, PRC’s executive

director, said while a chart on the
proposed cuts says his program
only serves 22 clients, it is really
400 people who would be impact¬
ed if the agency lost its $140,000
contract to provide back-to-work
training for people with AIDS.

“It is a significant cut within
the program. We would have to
lay off two full-time employees,”
said Andrews. “Our strategy is
very much like last year, to contin¬

ue to remind and educate our leg¬
islators and the San Francisco
community of the significance of
these services.”

The Health Commission will
finalize the contingency plan at its
May 18 meeting. Agency directors
are already meeting with members
of the Board of Supervisors to
lobby for their programs and have
funding restored. The supervisors
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rector of Pride, told the B.A.R.
that he was “very, very happy” to
have received the letter.

“It’s a most welcome letter,”
Witherington said Tuesday after¬
noon.

Witherington pointed out that
former GOP Governor Pete Wil¬
son never did submit a welcome
letter; Democratic Governor Gray
Davis was the first, he added.

“I’m very pleased Governor
Schwarzenegger followed in that
tradition,” Witherington said.

Since last year’s Pride, of
course, Davis was ousted from of¬
fice in the historic recall election
last fall, and Schwarzenegger was
swept into office during the same
election.

Up until the welcome letter,
Schwarzenegger has said very lit¬
tle regarding the LGBT communi¬
ty, and the comments have been a
mixed bag. During the recall cam¬
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that Schwarzenegger would not
have signed AB205, Assembly¬
woman Jackie Goldberg’s (D-Los
Angeles) bill that expands rights
and responsibilities for state-reg¬
istered domestic partners.

In March, during the “Winter of
Love” when San Francisco was in
the midst of marrying same-sex
couples, Schwarzenegger made
what many in the community con¬
sidered negative remarks. In a na¬
tionally televised interview on
NBC’s Meet the Press , Schwarzeneg¬
ger said there could be riots in the
streets if the city continued per¬
forming gay and lesbian weddings.
Less than two weeks later, however,
the governor was on NBC’s Tonight
Show and told host Jay Leno that it
would be “fine with me” if voters or
the courts changed state law to per¬
mit same-sex unions.

On March 11, the California
Supreme Court ordered San Fran¬
cisco to stop performing the gay
nuptials. The justices will hear ar¬
guments in the case May 25.

Schwarzenegger has not com¬
mented on Assemblyman Mark

Leno’s (D-San Francisco) AB1967,
the Marriage License Non-Dis¬
crimination Act, which would
amend the state’s family code to
allow same-sex couples to obtain a
marriage license. On the national
level, President Bush has refused to
proclaim June as Gay Pride Month
since taking office. ▼

The STOP AIDS Project is seeking
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Longtime LLEGO exec, director resigns

by Zak Szymanski

i f all good runs must come to
an end, most people seem to
agree that it’s best to leave
while the going is still good.

Eight years ago, LLEGO - the
National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bi¬
sexual and Transgender Organiza¬
tion in Washington, D.C. - had a
staff of 10 people and a budget of
$500,000. Under the leadership of
Executive Director Martin Or-
nelas-Quintero, it has since dou¬
bled its staff, tripled its budget, and
expanded the scope of its work na¬
tionally and internationally.

On May 3, LLEGO announced
that Ornelas-Quintero is stepping
down, effective upon his con¬
tract’s expiration July 31. A search
is already under way for his re¬
placement. Although unreachable

by the Bay Area Reporter by press
time, Ornelas-Quintero said in a
statement that his time and ener¬
gies now belonged to his family.

“I am very proud of all that has
been accomplished during my
tenure as executive director. It’s
time now for someone else to take
it to a new level,” said Ornelas-
Quintero. “And it’s time to place
my passion for LLEGO into my
family and into raising my sqn.”

He emphasized that LLEGO’s
continued success would require
further development of its public
policy and government relations
work, and the ability to raise more
unrestricted funds.

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national nonprofit devoted to ad¬
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Born out of the HIV/AIDS cri¬
sis and founded in 1987, the orga¬
nization has focused on strength¬
ening the cultural competency of
HIV prevention programs. Under
Ornelas-Quintero, LLEGO
launched Horizontes, a program
that works with service providers
and advocates promoting HIV
testing and prevention. It has also
run programs to strengthen com¬
munity-based organizations and
political mobilization.

“The Latino LGBT movement
has matured a great deal in the last
decade with the Latino popula¬
tion explosion in the United
States,” said Damian Goldvarg,
LLEGO board co-chair. “Not only
are Latinos players in all aspects of
life from business to politics to en¬
tertainment, but, because of
Martin’s vision and perseverance,
Latinos are now a force to be reck¬
oned with in the LGBT civil rights
movement.”

Local groups also said that they
are grateful for the work of Or¬
nelas-Quintero.

“He’s done an incredible job,
and gave a lot of his life to the or¬
ganization,” said Prado Gomez,
executive director of Proyecto

9

LLEGO's Martin Ornelas-Quintero

ContraSIDA Por Vida, a Latina/o
LGBT and HIV organization in
the Mission District.

Gomez said that Ornelas-
Quintero’s departure “makes
sense” after all these years, and
that he is not concerned about the
organization’s future.

“It has grown dramatically

since he’s been there,” he said,
adding that such growth has
strengthened local groups nation¬
wide. “It’s important, as local or¬
ganizations, to feel like there’s a
national voice representing the
queer Latino community. It vali¬
dates our work and really is an in¬
valuable organization to have.” ▼

City plans to cut HIV
infections in half by 2008

by Matthew S. Bajko

B y 2008 San Francisco
health officials want
to reduce by half new
HIV infections among gay
and bisexual men, injection
drug users, and male-to-fe-
male transgender people,
as well as eliminate perina¬
tal infections and those
among heterosexuals.

The goals are outlined
in the city’s 2004 HIV Pre¬
vention Plan and mark the
first time health officials
have committed them¬
selves to reaching such
specified targets. It is esti¬
mated there are 1,082 new
HIV infections each year,
with 90 percent of those
among gay and bi men.

“It is our intent. We
don’t write documents just
to print them so we certainly in¬
tend to try to do it,” said Steven
Tierney, the city’s director of HIV
prevention and a co-chair of the
HIV Prevention and Planning
Council, which spent the last year
developing the new plan.

Officials at the Stop AIDS Pro¬
ject, which has two employees as
HPPC members, said it is impor¬
tant to set goals in HIV prevention
that do aim high.

“While the goal is high, it’s
clear it will take every institution
in the gay and lesbian community
to step up to the plate to achieve
that goal,” said Stop AIDS
spokesman Jason Riggs. “It’s a dif¬
ferent perspective. It is going to
take an active commitment
among every institution that col¬
lectively creates the gay communi¬
ty”

To reach their goals, health of¬
ficials said they intend to radical¬
ly change how the city approaches
and funds HIV prevention pro¬
grams. And departing from feder¬
al health officials’ moves to fund
only HIV prevention for positives,

DPH HIV prevention chief Steven Tierney

local officials will maintain target¬
ing negative people as a priority.

“Are we opposed to testing?
Absolutely not. We feel it is im¬
portant for people to know their
status and have access to care,”
said Israel Nieves-Rivera, an
HPPC co-chair. “The elimination
of HIV prevention for high-risk
negatives we are opposed to.”

Officials with the AIDS Office
have already begun to meet with
leaders of the 56 agencies working
on HIV prevention and will begin
meeting with community mem¬
bers later this month to outline
the new plan and receive feedback.
By fall, the AIDS Office will seek
new proposals for how best to
redirect HIV prevention funds.

“Yeah, it is a radical departure
from our last plan,” developed in
2000, said Tierney. “With funding
expected to - at our most opti¬
mistic - stay flat, and with in¬
creased administrative costs, it
means a cut in direct services. My
mission is to see that as much
money goes to direct services and
make sure they are services people

want and people will par¬
ticipate in.”

The title of the first
meeting, held on April 30,
indicates just how monu¬
mental a shift HIV preven¬
tion leaders want to see in
how agencies address the
city’s HIV epidemic. Called
“Strategic Collaborations
and Mergers: Survival
Strategies for a New Econo¬
my” the workshop, attend¬
ed by 19 people from nine
agencies, was intended as a
wake-up call that with
money for AIDS drying up
it is time to depart with old
measures that no longer
work.

“It wouldn’t mean for
me shutting down agencies.
_ It means for me an oppor¬
tunity for people to look at

_ how they do their work,”

explained Tierney. “Many
of these agencies are celebrating
their 25 years of doing business.
Maybe it is time to see if there are
ways some can collaborate on best
practices and share them with
each other.”

Tierney pointed to the fact that
many gay men in their 20s in the
Castro are no longer interested in
certain activities and AIDS agen¬
cies need to retool their approach¬
es and events.

“We need to ask them what
they want and take a look at doing
joint programs where two people
work in the Castro or others go to
South of Market or to the Polk
and work with young men there,”
he said. “There are a lot of tried
and true programs that people
don’t participate in anymore.
What you are seeing in this plan is
an acknowledgment that the sta¬
tus quo is not good enough.” ▼

The entire HIV prevention plan
can be found at

http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/HIVPre

vPlan/page2.htm.

13 May 2004 BAY AREA REPORTER 13

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needles. Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions about safer sex or
how to prevent passing HIV to other people.

■ If you take too much FUZEON, call your healthcare provider right away. We do not
know what can happen if you take too much FUZEON. You will be watched very
carefully if you take too much FUZEON.

It Is important that you put your used syringes into a special sharps container
after injecting FUZEON. Your healthcare provider will give you more instructions
about the safe disposal of your used syringes. Do not put them In a trash can.

If you do not have a sharps container, call your healthcare provider or pharmacist
to get one before using FUZEON.

Can FUZEON be used with other medicines?

• FUZEON does not affect other anti-HIV medicines or the medicine rifampin (also
known as rifampicin and manufactured under the brand names Rifadin® and
Rimactane*). You can take FUZEON at the same times or at different times than
your other anti-HIV medicines.

What should I a v oid while usin g FU Z EON?

■ Avoid doing anything that can spread HIV infection, since FUZEON does not stop
you from passing the HIV infection to others.

• Do not share needles or other injection equipment.

■ Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like
toothbrushes or razor blades.

• Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safer sex by using
a latex or polyurethane condom oc other barrier method to reduce the chance of
sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions or blood.

• Do not drive or operate heavy machinery if FUZEON makes you feel dizzy.

What are the possible side effects of FUZEON?

Injection site reactions

FUZEON causes injection site reactions. Almost all people get injection site

reactions with FUZEON. Reactions are usually mild to moderate but occasionally may

be severe. Reactions on the skin where FUZEON is injected include:

• itching

• swelling

■ redness

• pain or tenderness

• hardened skin

• bumps

These are not all the side effects of FUZEON. The list of side effects with FUZEON is
not complete at this time because FUZEON is still being studied.

If you have questions about side effects, ask your healthcare provider. Report any
new or continuing symptoms to your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider
will tell you what to do and may be able to help you with these side effects.

How is FUZEON, stored?

FUZEON vials not mixed with sterile water can be stored at room temperature (59*
to 86*F). FUZEON should be refrigerated if it cannot be stored at room temperature.
The Sterile Water for Injection (diluent) may be stored at room temperature
(59* to 86 *F).

After FUZEON has been mixed with the sterile water, the vial can be stored in a
refrigerator for up to 24 hours.

Do not use FUZEON or sterile water after the expiration date on the vials. Do not keep
FUZEON that is out of date or that you no longer need.

General information about the safe and effective use of FUZEON
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions not mentioned in patient
information leaflets. Do not use FUZEON for a condition for which it was not
prescribed. Do not give FUZEON to other people, even if they have the same
symptoms you have. It may harm them. Keep FUZEON and all medicines out of the
reach of children.

This leaflet summarizes the most important information about FUZEON. If you would
like more information, talk with your healthcare provider or see the section, * Where
can I get more information about FUZEON?' in this leaflet. You can ask your
healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about FUZEON that is written for
healthcare professionals.

What are the ingredients in FUZEON?

Active Ingredients: enfuvirtide

Inactive Ingredients: Mannitol, sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide and
hydrochloric acid.

FUZEON comes packaged as a convenience kit containing the following:

■ 60 vials of FUZEON (2 cartons of 30 each)

• 60 vials of Sterile Water for Injection (2 cartons of 30 each)

• syringes for mixing (3 mL/cc)

• syringes for injecting (1 mL/cc)

Who should not use FUZEON?

Do not use FUZEON if you are allergic to any of the ingredients in FUZEON.
See the end of this leaflet for a list of ingredients in FUZEON.

Tell your healthcare provider:

• if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. We do not know if FUZEON can
harm your unborn child. You and your healthcare provider will need to decide if
FUZEON is right for you. If you use FUZEON while you are pregnant, talk with your
healthcare provider about how you can be in the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry.

■ if you are breast-feeding. You should not breast-feed if you are HIV-positive
because of the chance of passing HIV to your baby. Also, it is not known if
FUZEON can pass into your breast milk and if it can harm your baby,
about ail your medical conditions.

about all the medicines you use, including prescription and nonprescription
medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements. FUZEON has not been tested
with all medicines.

How should I use FUZEON?

Before you use FUZEON, make sure you understand all of the information in this
leaflet and the FUZEON Injection Instructions that come with your medicine. You or
your caregiver should be trained by a healthcare provider before injecting it. If you do
not understand all the information, talk with your healthcare provider about your
questions or concerns.

■ Use FUZEON with other anti-HIV medicines. Do not use FUZEON as your only
anti-HIV medicine.

• FUZEON must be injected. FUZEON does not work if it is swallowed.

• Do not mix other medicines in the same syringe with FUZEON.

■ FUZEON is given under the skin by injection (a “shot”) in the upper arm, upper leg
or abdomen two times a day. See the FUZEON Injection Instructions that come with
your medicine for step-by-step instructions about how to inject FUZEON.

• Do not inject FUZEON in the same area as you did the time before. Do not inject
FUZEON into the following areas: around the navel (belly button), scar tissue, a
bruise or a mole, or where there is an injection site reaction.

• Do not inject FUZEON if you see particles floating in the FUZEON vial after you
mix it.

• You can use FUZEON whether you have eaten or not. Food does not affect FUZEON.
However, you must keep taking your other medicines the way you did before.

• Do not change your dose or stop taking FUZEON without first talking with your
healthcare provider.

• See your healthcare provider regularly while using FUZEON.

• When your FUZEON supply runs low, be sure to have it refilled. This is very
important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase if the medicine
is stopped for even a short time. If you miss or skip doses of FUZEON, HIV may
develop resistance to FUZEON and become harder to treat.

■ If you miss a dose of FUZEON. take the missed dose as soon as you can and then
take your next dose as scheduled. If you have missed a dose of FUZEON and it is
close to the time when you are supposed to take your next dose, wait and take the
next dose as regularly scheduled. Do not take two doses of FUZEON at the same time.

These reactions generally happen within the first week of FUZEON treatment and
usually happen again as you keep using FUZEON. A reaction at one skin injection
site usually lasts for less than 7 days.

Injection site reactions may be worse when injections are given again in the same
place on the body or when the injection is given deeper than it should be (for
example, into the muscle).

If you are worried about the reaction you are having, call your healthcare provider
to help you decide if you need medical care. If the injection site reaction you
are having is severe, call your healthcare provider right away. If you have an
injection site reaction, you can discuss with your healthcare provider ways to help
the symptoms.

An injection site can get infected. To lower your chances of getting an
injection site infection, it is important to follow the FUZEON Injection Instructions that
come with your medicine. Call your healthcare provider right away if there art
signs of infection at the injection site such as oozing, increasing heat, swelling,
redness or pain.

Pneumonia

Patients with HIV get bacterial pneumonia more often than patients without HIV.
In clinical trials, patients taking FUZEON with other HIV medicines got bacterial
pneumonia more often than patients not receiving FUZEON. It is unclear if this was
related to the use of FUZEON. You should contact your healthcare provider right
away If you have a cough, fever or trouble breathing. Patients are more likely to
get bacterial pneumonia if they had a low number of CD4 cells, increased amount of
HIV in the blood, intravenous (injected into the vein) drug use, smoking or had
experienced lung disease in the past. It is unclear if pneumonia is related to FUZEON.
Allergic reactions

FUZEON can cause serious allergic reactions. Symptoms of a serious allergic
reaction with FUZEON can include:

• trouble breathing

• fever with vomiting and a skin rash
■ blood in your urine

• swelling of your feet

Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of these symptoms.

Other side effects

The following side effects were seen more often in patients using FUZEON with
their other anti-HIV medicines than in patients not using FUZEON with their other
anti-HIV medicines:

• pain and numbness in feet or legs

• loss of sleep
' depression

• decreased appetite

• weakness or loss of strength

- muscle pain

- constipation

• pancreas problems

• alcohol pads
- injection instructions

Call your healthcare provider or pharmacist If you need more supplies.

Where can I get more information about FUZEON?

The best source for more information about FUZEON is your healthcare
provider. More information about FUZEON is located at www.FUZEON.com and
1-877-4 FUZEON (1-877-438-9366).

Changes.§ince^

This is the first version of this leaflet: it was written in March 2003. Please check this
section when your medicine is refilled for any important new information
about FUZEON.

Roche and FUZEON are trademarks of Hoffmann-la Roche Inc.

Rifadin is a trademark of Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Rimactane is a trademark of Ciba.

FUZEON has been jointly developed by Trimeris, Inc. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
FUZEON is manufactured by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.

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Gay nurse gives
intensive care

by Eric Ganther

Who: Andreas Fischer

What: Intensive care unit nurse

Where: UCSF Parnassus Campus

alt Whitman was Ameri¬
ca’s first well-known
queer nurse. He tended
to wounded and dying boys dur¬
ing the Civil War and shared his
experiences in poetry. In the dying
years of AIDS, many in the queer
community followed Whitman’s
lead and became informal nurses
- caring for loved ones and being
initiated into the art of dying.
Today, queer nurses not only take
care of other people, they take care
of themselves - nursing is a
booming field with relatively high
wages, highly flexible hours, job
security, and a wide variety of in¬
teresting career paths. This week I
interview an heir to Whitman’s
other legacy - Andreas Fischer:
gay man, motorcycle daddy, and
ICU nurse.

Do you have to like blood to be
a nurse?

You don’t have to like
it, but you’re going to
encounter it. There’s
no way around
it. Patients are
going to bleed.

You are going to
draw blood. Other people have
problems with poop or vomit be¬
cause things that are foul can trig¬
ger a reaction. But when a patient
hasn’t had a bowel movement in a
week, and they’re experiencing
tremendous pain because of the
cramps and gas pains, nurses get
very excited about poop.

Why did you decide to become a
nurse?

I switched careers about two
years ago. I was in sales where my
job was about producing the
numbers, and I didn’t want to risk
my customer base by coming out.
What I like about nursing is that
being gay isn’t an issue.

And when I looked at a med¬
ical career, I looked at the doctor
route and the nurse route, and the
nurse was a better fit for me.

What does an ICU nurse do?

We take care of critically ill pa¬
tients. Patients are critically ill be¬
cause of a disease process, when
they have had major surgery and
they are recovering, or when they
are at the end of their life. Many of
our patients are ventilated (a res¬
pirator is breathing for them), se¬
dated, and physically unstable. We
work hard to help them recover
from their surgery and to stabilize
them medically to the point where
they no longer require intensive
care.

Is there a high demand for nurses
now?

There’s a huge demand around
the world partly because the baby
boom generation is beginning to re¬
tire. There is an increasing emphasis
on health care issues for older
adults. Another demand factor is
that for hospital safety reasons, Cal¬
ifornia recently enacted ratio laws
that limit the number of patients a
nurse can take care of. In ICU, for
example, I cannot take care of more
than two people at a time.

Nursing is no longer an under¬
paid, overworked profession. If
you’re going to be a staff nurse at
a hospital, you could expect to
start at $30 per hour plus benefits.
As a nurse I can go anywhere in
the country and have a job in 24
hours - that’s job security.

Is it difficult when people die?

Death is one of those things
that we all get to experience once
(at least once!) and it doesn’t have
to be a bad thing. Nurses look at
what’s important to people at the
end of life. Usually this means:
having major peace with God or
whomever you consider your cre¬
ator; having your family and
friends with you, not being alone;
and not having any pain. These
are things we can do. It does get
hard when someone dies. But, as a
nurse, it’s a chance to make a huge
difference for a patient at the end
of their life. And also to help make
it a good transition for
the family.

What are your hours
like?

My hours are one
of my favorite parts
about this job. I work three
12-hour shifts, which means
I have four
days a week
off.

How's being a nurse like the TV
show ER?

It’s like ER in that we see very
similar situations, just not every
five minutes - you don’t run your
entire shift. We see patients who
bleed profusely, or are in intense
pain, or delusional, withdrawing
from alcohol or drugs. There are
times when the patients are
screaming and we are reacting as
nurses to relieve their pain and
discomfort and allow them to
cope with the stress of being in an
ICU or whatever setting they’re in.
It’s a very controlled atmosphere.
Nurses know when to react quick¬
ly and how to react. What you see
on TV is people overreacting.

What would you recommend to
someone interested in nursing?

I learned about nursing by vol¬
unteering in an emergency room
for two years. It became a place to
try out the career and learn about
different aspects of nursing. So my
advice would be to volunteer at
any hospital or hospice.

Tell us about the training.

Most schools in the Bay Area
have some kind of nursing pro¬
gram. I got accepted into the mas¬
ter’s entry program into nursing
at UCSF. They take people with a
bachelor’s degree in an unrelated
field and put them through a pro¬
gram where within one year you
are qualified to sit for your RN li¬
cense exam. And then you go di¬
rectly into a two-year advanced
practice degree, which will make
you a nurse practitioner or a clin¬
ical nurse specialist.

Are there many male nurses
where you work?

I hate that term! It implies gay!
Why qualify it as male nurse? I’m a
nurse. Nursing originally was done
by men. Women started becoming
nurses during the Crimean Wars
[1855] when Florence Nightingale
became famous.

Andreas Fischer

field?

Because of the stereotypical
gay male nurse, it’s a little easier to
be a nurse and be gay and open
about it. The women who I work
with don’t care. The men who I
work with don’t care. It just does¬
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Is there a link between you being
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There certainly is the percep¬
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gay. I don’t know if it’s founded in
truth or just the perception that
men who work in professions that
have been dominated by women
must be gay, must be feminine,
must be effeminate. As a gay man,
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Serosorting

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feel safe in allowing us to do and
the relationship has an enormous
obstacle there. It seems unneces¬
sary when there are so many pos¬
itive men to date.”

Cooley and Joseph are not
alone in opting to only swim in a
dating pool with other HIV-posi¬
tive men. Nor are positive men the
only ones serosorting. Negative
men are also wading into a world
where they only seek out other
negative men.

George, a 33-year-old negative
man who asked that his last name
not be used, said after he moved
to San Francisco 12 years ago he
began to rethink dating positive
men.

“Way back before I had moved
to San Francisco I dated any guy.
Positive or negative it didn’t mat¬
ter,” wrote George in an e-mail re¬
sponse to questions after he post¬
ed an ad on craigslist.org. “I was
actually in a relationship with an
HIV-positive guy for almost three
years when I was in college. Yes, it
was different and difficult at times
and love is not status prejudice.”

But in San Francisco, George
said he began noticing that there
were positive guys he could not
tell had HIV and tended to not
disclose their status.

“I had to relearn my thinking
on the situation and really learn
how to trust people all over again.

I never really was focused on the

issue until I noticed a rise in other
sexually transmitted diseases and
that led me to believe that people
were having riskier sex and it was
breeding stronger strains of
STDs,” he said. “What tends to
turn me off are the ones who
don’t tell you [they are positive]
but you see signs and flashing
lights that they are untruthful of
their situation; or most are not
aware and don’t care.”

Now that he is in a four-year re¬
lationship where he is allowed to
play on the side, he said it is im¬
portant to put in his online posts
that he is only seeking other nega¬
tive guys. He doesn’t label it
serosorting, a term he had never
heard until contacted for this story.

“My partner and I have times
where we give permission to in¬
dulge our desires and it is amica¬
ble. I state that I prefer ‘NEG’ guys
on the basis that there may be the
uncontrolled ‘chemistry’ there
that men sometimes have,” ex¬
plained George. “I don’t wish to
imply that there may be a good
chance for sex, but I also don’t dis¬
count it either. I just wish to try
and maintain a sense of ‘safety’ if
it does end in that way.”

Opting to serosort

According to interviews with
over a dozen gay men, city health
officials, and AIDS outreach
workers more and more negative
and positive men in San Francisco
are opting to serosort.

“It has been part of the discus¬
sion for a while. Lots of people I

have spoken to, both positive and
negative, are choosing their part¬
ners based on HIV status,” said
Will Bland, director of communi¬
ty programs at the San Francisco
AIDS Foundation. “For some neg¬
ative men it is a strategy that has
served them well. I hear that as
well with positive men who don’t
want to infect someone.”

Steven Gibson, the director of
Magnet, the gay men’s health cen¬
ter in the Castro, sees serosorting
as a natural reaction to HIV rates.

“As a gay man, to me it’s kind
of a ‘duh.’ Of course this is going
to happen. I think a lot of public
health messages have been put out
there that say ‘Assume everyone is
positive.’ But it is not true, not
everyone is positive,” said Gibson.

In San Francisco it is estimat¬
ed that ?3 percent of gay men are
positive, leaving 67 percent nega¬
tive.

“Inevitably, people are going to
make decisions based on serosta-
tus,” said Gibson, who is negative
and currently dating someone of
the same serostatus, though he has
dated positive men.

Chris Owen, Stop AIDS’ asso¬
ciate program director, said since
his agency started Positive Force,
a program specifically designed
for positive men, it has noted a de¬
crease in the last three years in
HIV-positive men stating they are
having unsafe sex with someone
of an unknown serostatus.

“It is a little bit of both
serosorting and using condoms,”
Owen said of the trend.

With the growth of the Inter¬
net as a means for guys to meet
sexual partners and boyfriends,
serosorting has become almost an
online norm. From specific Web
sites that cater solely to positive
men, or tell users to assume every¬
one there is positive to postings on
craigslist where men state in their
ads “HIV-negative you be too,”
men can enter their own serosort-
ed cyberspace with the click of a
mouse.

“The Internet is the great
equalizer. It is where more HIV¬
positive people are coming out
about their status. They don’t have
to deal with rejection,” said Owen.
“The Internet is one of the main
factors for serosorting.”

Terje Anderson, the executive
director of the National Associa¬
tion of People With AIDS, re¬
marked at a local AIDS conference
last month, “I am waiting for
someone to found an HIV-posi¬
tive dating service. It is the right
time for it because that is what
people are doing out there.”

Researchers have also noted
the progression toward serosort¬
ing. At the Conference on Retro¬
viruses and Opportunistic Infec¬
tions in 2003, a study by the Glad¬
stone Institute of Virology and
Immunology in San Francisco re¬
ported that the relatively stable

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despite increased reports of un¬
protected sexual acts, was due to
serosorting, wrote Dr. Stephen
Taylor of the University of Birm¬
ingham, United Kingdom, in a re¬
port on Medscape.com.

New trend?

In January of this year, Willi
McFarland, co-chief of the San
Francisco AIDS Office’s
HIV/AIDS Statistics and Epidemi¬
ology section, told members of
the HIV Prevention Planning
Council that city health officials
have observed an increase in
serosorting.

“Positive men are less likely to
engage in [unprotected anal sex]
with people of unknown serosta¬
tus and more likely to have [un¬
protected anal sex] with other
positive men, and negative men
are less likely to engage in [unpro¬
tected anal sex] with known posi¬
tive men,” McFarland said, ac¬
cording to minutes of the meet¬
ing. “There has been a decrease in
the number of negative people re¬
porting they knowingly engaged
in sexual risk behavior with men
they knew to be positive.”

At this year’s retrovirus confer¬
ence, McFarland and other San
Francisco researchers presented a
study entitled “Increases in
‘Serosorting’ May Prevent Further
Expansion of the HIV Epidemic
among MSM in San Francisco.”
They noted that HIV serosorting
is one strategy that could reduce
HIV transmission on an individ¬
ual and community level.

Using data collected from
15,059 gay and bi men in San
Francisco who sought anonymous
HIV testing from 1998 to 2002,
the researchers found the propor¬
tion of men who have sex with
men (MSM) reporting sex with a
known HIV-positive partner
within the previous 12 months
declined steadily from 1998 to
2002. They found a concurrent
decrease in both reported unpro¬
tected oral and anal sex with a
known HIV-positive partner.

The researchers concluded that
HIV-negative men are increasing¬
ly serosorting, and that the de¬
crease in unprotected oral and
anal sex with a known HIV-posi¬
tive partner suggests that con¬
doms are being used increasingly
in serodiscordant partnerships.

“Our findings provide cautious
optimism that continuing rises in
overall unprotected sex and sexu¬
ally transmitted diseases observed
in recent years among San Fran¬
cisco’s MSM population may not
necessarily translate into concur¬
rent increases in HIV incidence,”
they wrote.

In a separate study presented at
the same conference looking at
the city’s rising rates of syphilis,
McFarland and other researchers
found that HIV rates did not rise
along with the other STD as
health officials had feared. With
65 percent of the men with
syphilis in 2002 also being HIV¬
positive, the assumption is those
men are serosorting.

“The hypothesis that could ex¬
plain this is the sexual network of
people with HIV is separate from
people without HIV,” McFarland
said in an interview. “I think these
things [serosorting] are happen¬
ing and seeing the data shows it
dampened what could have been
an explosion in HIV.”

Serosorting also has caught the
eye of federal health officials who
are looking to see if it could con¬
trol the spread of HIV. As the Cen¬
ters for Disease Control and Pre¬
vention focuses its efforts on pos¬
itive men, the trend is only likely
to grow as more positive men
enter the dating pool and are told
it is up to them not to transmit
HIV.

“From a scientific viewpoint,
the CDC views serosorting as the
best way to stop the spread of
HIV,” said Owen, who attended a
state-sponsored conference last
year in the East Bay where the
trend was discussed.

With rapid HIV tests, Owen
said the CDC officials at the meet¬
ing talked of using it at sex clubs
to identify people who are positive
and negative. In February, AHF
officials ended a contract with the
county health department to pro¬
vide HIV testing at bathhouses
after it was denied entry into most
of them.

“Two guys come into the sex
club and use the test, the guy who
tests positive gets a red towel and
the negative guy gets a blue towel.
I am HIV-negative, and the guy
who I was dating at the time was
positive, so you are telling me he
wears a red towel and I wear a blue
towel?” Owen, who said he does
not personally believe in serosort¬
ing, recalled thinking at the time.
In Los Angeles this month, the
AIDS Healthcare Foundation de¬
manded it be allowed to use the
rapid tests for patrons of the city’s
bathhouses.

During the President’s Adviso¬
ry Council on HIV/AIDS March
meeting, Dr. Mark Thrun, med¬
ical director for HIV prevention
with the Denver Public Health
Department, was asked about
serosorting. According to minutes
of the meeting, Thrun said,
“Serosorting as a prevention
model is theoretically a good
model for reducing infectious¬
ness, however in reality stigma
prevents it from being a viable
model for domestic prevention.”

‘Seroapartheid’?

Serosorting raises troubling
questions not only about how it
affects transmission of STDs other
than HIV, but what the psycho¬
logical and social impacts are of
gay men creating a serodivide.
Some liken it to a seroapartheid.

“We are segregating our own
culture. It is terrible to have the
positive club over here and the
negative club over there. I think it
is horrible,” said Mike, 41, who has
been positive since 1986 and asked
that his last name not be used. “I
am trying really, really hard not to
make a rule I will only date or
have sex with positive men. I think
it should be equal. There should¬
n’t be any divisiveness in my own
community.”

As for all those online postings
that say “negative seeking nega¬
tive,” Mike said, “It makes a guy
like me feel isolated. It is hard as a
gay man who is very healthy. I
have not been on meds for two
years but I still have the virus.
Having HIV shouldn’t preclude
me as being a pariah from inter¬
acting with other people who are
different from me.”

George, who posts “seeking
negative” ads, said he can under¬
stand the views of positive guys
like Mike. But he doesn’t view
serosorting as segregation.

“Everyone has their own ideas,
desires and choices in life. ... You
can choose your clothes, food, TV
shows to watch and who you have
sex with, that is not segregation,”
he said. “That person who is seek¬
ing a ‘NEG’ guy to have sex with
may in fact be thinking of‘unsafe’
actions sexually as well and wants
to keep their mind at ease. Kind of
what got the ‘POZ’ guys in the sit¬
uation they are in. ...That mo¬
ment of poor judgment.”

By creating a community
norm that assumes everyone is
positive, Gibson said people tend
to respond differently once they
find out a person’s serostatus is
different from their own.

“If I ask the question, ‘Would

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13 May 2004 BAY AREA REPORTER 17

David C. Herrera

August 7, 1975 — May 10, 2003

I miss you on Sunday mornings
reading obituaries over coffee. You were
the best friend a funeral director could
ever have. We were a great team, thank
you for the profound experience. —
Kellie G.

Patrick P. Maes

Patrick P. Maes, renaissance man,
producer of many famed revue produc¬
tions in Las Vegas and Reno, died at his

home in San Fran¬
cisco on May 1,
2004, after a brief
illness. A native of
Buston, Kansas,

Mr. Maes, 60, pro¬
duced international
shows that brought
pleasure and laugh¬
ter to his audience.
One of his most
popular productions included the world
renowned “Bottoms Up”, a comedy re¬
view that was staged in true burlesque
fashion with pretty women, handsome
men, song, dance and bawdy humor.

Now in its forty-fifth year, it stars his
professional partner, Breck Wall.

Patrick began his business career
with actor Breck Wall in Las Vegas,
Nevada, 30 years ago. He moved to San
Francisco in 1994 to be with Army
roommate and friend of 37 years, his
partner in life, Dr. Lawrence Bennett. He
continued to commute between show
sites in Reno and Las Vegas as new pro¬
ductions were formed.

Mr. Maes and Dr. Bennett spent
their summers in Friday Harbor, Wash¬
ington, where they entertained family
and friends. They traveled extensively
around the country and throughout the

David Reimer - man raised
as ‘gender experiment - dies

by Zak Szymanski

avid Reimer - the man who
was born a boy but raised a
girl, and whose story was
told in the renowned biography
As Nature Made Him - died May
4, apparently after committing
suicide. He was 38.

Reimer struggled with depres¬
sion for many years, according to
those close to him. He lived rela¬
tively anonymously until the pub¬
lication of his story, in which he
revealed himself and his life in
order to prevent other children
from enduring a similar plight.

Mr. Reimer, born and baptized
as Bruce, received a botched cir¬
cumcision in 1966. On the advice
of Dr. John Money of Johns Hop¬
kins University, he was complete¬
ly castrated and raised as a girl.

For years, Money had asserted
that gender was entirely the result
of socialization, and baby Bruce
gave him the perfect opportunity
to test this theory, as the infant
also had a twin brother against
whom the child’s female develop¬
ment could be measured. Money

used Reimer’s story - known as
the “Joan-John case” - to prove his
theories, citing Mr. Reimer’s suc¬
cess as a girl (renamed Brenda) in
medical texts.

The gender experiment went
on to affirm Money’s expertise,
and earned him accolades
throughout the medical commu¬
nity. It also served as the basis for
thousands of further surgeries
upon infants whose genitals did
not conform to what was consid¬
ered “normal” for their birth sex.

But the true story of Mr.
Reimer was revealed in 1997,
when an article in the Archives of
Adolescent and Pediatric Medicine
documented how Mr. Reimer had
been uncomfortable all through
childhood and had returned to life
as a male. The article shed light
upon non-consensual sexual reas¬
signment surgeries, and also un¬
covered the medical rivalries and
politics that allowed the inaccu¬
rate reports about Mr. Reimer to
continue.

According to Mr. Reimer’s own
story, in the 2000 release by John
Colapinto, As Nature Made Him,
“Brenda” was a social outcast from

the beginning, subject to mental
and physical interventions to
make her compatible with her re¬
assigned gender. After years of
pain and turmoil, at the age of 14,
Mr. Reimer learned the truth
about himself, and underwent
testosterone injections, a double
mastectomy, and a phalloplasty
for the reconstruction of a penis.
He later married and raised three
stepchildren in Winnipeg.

In the Winnipeg Sun this week,
Mr. Reimer’s mother, Janet
Reimer, said she believed her son
would still be alive had it not been
for the “devastating gender study”
that caused him so much pain.

“He managed to have so much
courage,” Janet Reimer told the
Sun. “I think he felt he had no op¬
tions. It just kept building up and
building up.”

She said Mr. Reimer recently
slumped into a depression after
losing his job and separating from
his wife. He was also still grieving
the death of his twin brother two
years earlier, she said.

Mr. Reimer, said his mother,
was “the most generous, loving
soul that ever lived.” T

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◄ page 1

that Massachusetts was right to let
you marry even before you get to
argue that your home state must
recognize your lawful Massachu¬
setts marriage,” GLAD advised on
its Web site. “Because of this extra
hurdle you may have to surmount
before the 1913 law is overturned
or repealed, you should weigh
your options carefully.”

GLAD advises that until the
1913 law is set aside by the Legis¬
lature or overturned in the courts,
marriage in Canada may be a bet¬
ter option for same-sex couples
who don’t live in Massachusetts.

For those gay couples who may
have already married in San Fran¬
cisco or another U.S. city, GLAD
notes that Romney has instructed
clerks not to issue a marriage li¬
cense to any couple who have al¬
ready received a license from an¬
other governmental body until
and if that license is officially
voided.

At press time, the state’s capital
and largest city, Boston, was still
trying to determine how to deal
with out-of-state couples.

Gary Sandison, an adviser to
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino,
told the Bay Area Reporter on
Monday, May 10: “We don’t know
yet. Our attorney is looking at it
right now.”

Sandison is coordinating gay
marriages at Boston City Hall.
The city plans to add extra em¬
ployees to handle the expected
crowds. Sandison estimates that
Boston can handle about 200 cou¬
ples per day. Three of the seven
couples who were among the orig¬
inal plaintiffs for the legal chal¬

lenge that eventually resulted in
the granting of gay marriage
rights will be the first to be issued
marriage applications when the
clerk’s office opens at 9 a.m. on
Monday, May 17. Those three
couples were chosen because they
reside in Boston. Other couples
will be issued numbers represent¬
ing their place in line. Those who
can’t be accommodated on May
17 will be asked to return later in
the week. Unlike San Francisco,
there isn’t a fear that the courts
could soon stop gay marriages. Al¬
though there is a push for a state
constitutional amendment to out¬
law gay marriages, the soonest it
could be enacted is 2006.

Last week, Menino strongly
hinted that he plans to defy Rom¬
ney by welcoming out-of-state
couples.

“It’s about civil rights,” Meni¬
no told the Boston Globe. “It’s
about showing that we don’t dis¬
criminate in the city of Boston.”

Menino blasted Romney for
resurrecting the arcane 1913 law
and told the Globe that the gover¬
nor “wants to continue to throw
up roadblocks.”

“The decision has been made
by the courts,” the mayor ex¬
plained. “Why continue to do end
runs? It’s the law. Let’s do it right.
Let’s do it with some respect.”

Waiting period

Under Menino’s directive,
about 20 city workers will wear
“welcome” badges and be avail¬
able to answer questions. The city
will staff a marriage information
booth and will print 3,000
brochures, which will include a
letter of congratulations from the
mayor and instructions on how to
get married.

There is a three-day waiting
period for marriages in Massa¬
chusetts, so the gay couples who
apply for licenses on May 17 will
have to come back later in the
week to pick them up. The wait¬
ing period may be waived by a
special order from a probate
judge. The marriage must be then
solemnized within 60 days by a
justice of the peace or clergy
member.

Across the Charles River from
Boston, the liberal city of Cam¬
bridge plans to be the first to
begin issuing licenses for same-sex
couples. The clerk’s office will
open its doors at Cambridge City
Hall at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, May
16. A ceremony with speeches by
the mayor and City Council
members will begin at 11. Mar¬
riage applications will be accepted
at 12:01 a.m.

Cambridge City Clerk Mar¬
garet Drury told the B.A.R. that
although her office will not ask for
proof of residency, applicants will
be asked on their application
whether they currently reside or
plan to reside in Massachusetts.
Drury noted that out-of-staters
who have no plans to move to
Massachusetts will not be issued
licenses.

The town clerk for Province-
town, Doug Johnstone, told the
B.A.R. that the town’s board of se¬
lectmen decided on Monday, May
10, that the clerk’s office will not-
directly ask marriage applicants
their residency status. Johnstone
added that applicants will be
asked to sign a general affirmation
stating that they are qualified to
marry in Massachusetts. John¬
stone noted that one of the quali¬
fications for marrying in Massa-
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world over several decades. Patrick was
an avid gym goer, tennis player and gar¬
dener. He possessed charm, charisma
and a magnetic personality that drew
everyone to him immediately.

Mr. Maes is survived by his partner
Dr. Lawrence Bennett, two sisters and
their husbands, JoEllen and Larry
Schroeder, Linda and Jerry Huff, and
two brothers and a sister-in-law, Mari¬
lyn and Jim Maes, and Danny Maes, all
currently residing in Kansas.

Donations in his memory may be
sent to Send a Kid to Camp Foundation,
88 Kearny St., 12th Floor, San Francisco,
CA 94108.

Robert Edward Scally

December 12,1943 — May 7, 2004

Bob lost his battle with heart and
lung disease with pneumonia on Friday,
May 7,2004 at Davies Medical Center.
His partner of 26 years, John Arm¬
strong, and good friend, Gary LePoris,
were with him as he crossed to a better,
less painful place.

He was born and grew up in
Dubuque, Iowa, and started working for
Ozark Airlines after graduating from
high school. He was working for Ozark
before meeting John and moving to San
Francisco. He then worked for Western
Airlines in reservations before it was ac¬
quired by Delta.

Many of his friends were met at the
Ambush, his favorite hangout on Fol¬
som Street where he spent many fun
hours sharing his wit and the wit of
those around him.

He had lung surgery and double by¬
pass surgery during 2001 and due to ex¬
traordinary care from his doctors and
nurses, especially Dr. Lisa Capaldini, Dr.
Denis Bouvier, and Dr. Leslie Campell,
survived another two years for us to
share being together.

He is survived by his mother, Alma
Balk Scally, one brother, Ronald J. Scally
Sr., one nephew, RJ Jr., and a niece,
Heather Mathews, all in Iowa. May he
now rest in eternal peace and love. Any
donations should be made to the AIDS
Emergency Fund or Lung Association.

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18 BAY AREA REPORTER 13 May 2004

Setting sail

by Jim Provenzano

wo years ago, Berkeley resi-
I dent Ann P. Meredith skip¬
pered her two-woman sail¬
ing crew, Team Swordfish, to a sil¬
ver medal in the boating compe¬
tition at Sydney’s Gay Games VII.

As part of the largest contin¬
gent in the first-time nautical
competition at the Games (30
sailors), Meredith is one of many
Bay Area LGBT sailing enthusi¬
asts. She’s been sailing in the Bay
Area for four decades.

Along with being a celebrated
photographer of lesbian cowgirls
and women with AIDS, and a
filmmaker who just completed a
documentary about drag kings,
Meredith’s work and life coalesce
in today’s horrifying headlines.

Next week, her course is chart¬
ed for no less a formidable port

than Washington, D.C.

Meredith has been invited to
travel to the nation’s capital by
first lady Laura Bush, in recogni¬
tion of her work as part of the Art
in Embassies program.

One of Meredith’s
photographs, “Elena and
Rosa at The White House
Ellipse, 1988” from her 10-
year series “Until That Last
Breath! The Global Face of
Women with HIV/AIDS 1987-
1997,” is a part of the
Art in Embassies 40th
anniversary of exhibits
that have been shown
at different embassies
around the world.

Next week’s occasion at the
State Department with Mrs. Bush,
and at a reception with Secretary
of State Colin Powell attending,
may prove to be either a nerve-
racking experience or a watershed

interaction.

“Although I’m in direct con¬
flict with the policies of the cur¬
rent administration,” said Mered¬
ith, “I also believe that engage¬
ment from within can Often lead
to social and politi¬
cal change. So, I’m
choosing to take ad¬
vantage of this opportunity
to speak directly to the first
lady about the current need
for helping abused women.”

In addition to being
a documentary pho¬
tographer of women
with HIV/AIDS,
Meredith has also
been deeply engaged
in visualizing through her art the
plight of women sexually abused
and tortured by members of the
U.S. armed forces.

This is a personal cause as well.
Beginning in her childhood,
Meredith herself was the victim of
sexual, psychological, and mental
abuse by military personnel.

In accounts that she said,
“make Stephen King’s books seem
like mild-mannered reporting,”
Meredith said she and other chil¬
dren of military personnel were
forced to undergo years long ex¬
periments at Sacramento’s Mc¬
Clellan Air Force Base, and other
bases in Europe.

This all occurred between 1954
and 1964 in Sacramento and Eu¬
rope, with the consent of her
mother and father while Mered¬
ith’s family was stationed at Mc¬
Clellan and other bases.

“They used children of mili¬
tary families whose parents gave
permission to test on their chil¬
dren,” said Meredith. “The mili¬
tary tracked us over our lifetime,
in controlled experiments. This
activity is still happening.”

‘Forgotten Angels’

Such an experience may seem
shocking, or even unbelievable, if
it weren’t for the newly released
evidence of photographs and
videos of U.S. soldiers committing
torture and sexual abuse on Iraqi
prisoners of war at Abu Ghraib
prison, where Saddam Hussein’s
Republican Guard had committed
similar acts.

A scathing report released by
the Red Cross on Monday claimed
that up to 90 percent of Iraqis de¬
tained by coalition forces in the
past year were arrested “by mis¬
take.” U.S. officers mistreated in¬
mates at Abu Ghraib prison by
keeping them naked in totally
dark, empty cells, the report said.
The first of possibly many courts
martial involving U.S. soldiers
began this week.

. The Army Times, a newspaper
read by a quarter-million troops
worldwide, said responsibility for
the abuse lies at the highest levels of
the Pentagon, including Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld, whom
the newspaper accused of being
guilty of “professional negligence.”

But while the current scandal
has made headlines worldwide,
more covert abuses like those
Meredith suffered remain sup¬
pressed.

Upon hearing of the most re¬
cent cases, and seeing the images
in the media, she was appalled, but
more by a sense of familiarity.
“What happened to me years ago
is finally in the headlines,” she said.

Meredith denounced Pentagon
officials’ statements that the No¬
vember 2002 acts at Abu Ghraib
prison were an isolated event.
“When they say this is just an er¬
rant few, that’s just lies,” she said.
The Red Cross report confirms
abuse at several other cities in Iraq.

Only days after the Bush war
cabinet met behind closed doors
to view pictures and videos of the
alleged crimes, Meredith will be in
the nation’s capital.

Unbeknownst to the Bush ad¬
ministration, Meredith’s new pro¬
ject, “Forgotten Angels,” a seven-
year work, includes portraits and
stories of women in the military
who suffered antigay military dis¬
charges, and worse.

Along with Meredith’s own ex¬
perience, the artist’s aunt was sta¬
tioned in the Navy during the Ko¬
rean “police action,” and was a les¬
bian. Meredith said that through
the witch-hunts of the McCarthy
era, rather than suffer dishonor¬
able discharges and being outed
by the military, some of her aunt’s
friends committed suicide.

“Forgotten Angels” encom¬
passes events that Meredith said
have taken place on bases around
the world from Iraq to Europe,
and at bases in the U.S., including
San Francisco’s former Army base,
the Presidio.

Yes, even the Presidio, and not
just at Letterman Hospital’s noto¬
rious animal testing labs. “I can’t
even go near some of those build¬
ings,” she said.

All the more reason for Mered¬
ith to be anxious at the prospect
of possibly meeting members of
the Bush administration and fam¬
ily. Meredith hopes to find a mo¬
ment to simply share her story,
and ask for a bit of empathy from
possibly the most antigay, war-
hungry, and civil rights-abusing
administration in decades.

While daunted, Meredith is
clear in her mission. “Finally, peo¬
ple are talking about it,” she said.
“Why wouldn’t I talk about it?”

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◄ previous page

chusetts is that the marriage
would be valid in the applicant’s
home state.

Provincetown, a popular gay
travel destination, also boasts a
large number of year-round gay
residents. One hundred couples are
already scheduled to get marriage
applications on Monday, May 17.
The town only issued 30 marriage
applications all of last year.

“It’s exciting,” Johnstone said.
“It’s great. We’re not complain¬
ing.”

The State Department recep¬
tion where Powell will speak is
called “Art as Diplomacy: 21st
Century Challenges,” and will
honor a just-published book that
collects outstanding work previ¬
ously exhibited at embassies
worldwide.

Even if she doesn’t get to speak
with Powell or Mrs. Bush, Mered¬
ith said, “I have a crew cut and I’ll
be wearing a tuxedo. I think that’ll
be shocking enough.”

Having also written letters to
Senators Hillary Rodham-Clinton
(D-New York), Edward Kennedy
(D-Massachusetts), and Barbara
Boxer (D-California), Meredith
hopes for meetings and a chance to
give testimony with the support of
the Democratic Party politicians.

In deciding to accept the invi¬
tation from Mrs. Bush, Meredith
said, “I’ve been a community arts
activist for decades. I feel like I can
do more good by going.”

Still planning for the future,
Meredith hopes to receive a grant
to travel to Europe to photograph
and interview other women sur¬
vivors. She’ll soon be traveling to
Chicago to meet with Gay Games
VII organizers, where she’ll share
her photographs and videos of
past Gay Games events. Meredith
also hopes to meet with the sailing
coordinators for 2006’s Games.
With the wind at her back, let’s
wish her a safe journey. T

For more information, visit Ann
P. Meredith’s Web site:
www.annpmeredith.com. For
past columns, visit
www.sportscomplex.org. To
submit upcoming events, e-mail
jimproven@yahoo.com.

Northampton, a western Mass¬
achusetts town with a large gay
population, plans to welcome gay
couples on Monday with balloons
and flowers. Its town clerk, Wendy
Mazza, told the B.A.R. that her of¬
fice has no choice but to enforce a
prohibition disallowing out-of-
state gay couples from marrying.
The details of how Northampton
would enforce that law were being
worked out this week. ▼

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Serosorting

◄ page 16

you go down on a guy and suck
that guy without a condom if you
didn’t know his status?’ most peo¬
ple would immediately say yes. If I
told you he was negative, most
people would say yes,” said Gib¬
son. “If I told you he was positive,
most people have a pause. It is not
an immediate response of yes.”

What is needed, said Gibson, is
that the community must work
on a collective message to cross
the serodivide. It is not enough to
tell people to disclose their status,
which most people don’t like to
do, said Gibson. Beyond disclo¬
sure, people need to think about
what is going to be different by
knowing the other person is posi¬
tive, said Gibson.

“If I am a negative guy and he
tells me he is positive, what am I
going to do with that info? What
type of sex will I have with that
guy?” Gibson said people need to
ask themselves.

While NAPWA’s Anderson
supports individuals choosing to
serosort, he said at the conference
he opposes any federal policies
meant to foist it on positive men.

“A prevention strategy based
on serostatus apartheid will not
work,” he said. “We accept the fact
someone who is HIV-negative will
not always use a condom. Yet the
expectation is from the second
you test positive you will never,
ever have unsafe sex for the rest of
your life.”

Instead of dividing gay men by
serostatus, what is needed, Ander¬
son said, is a frank discussion
about shared responsibility, that it
is up to both negative and positive
men to protect each other.

“We don’t talk about what is
going on with negative people, we
only talk about positive people.
We are doing all this work with
positive people, so they [negative
people] don’t have to worry about
it. Everyone has the responsibility
to protect themselves and protect
their partners,” he said.

A positive man and a negative
man can be together, but they are
never told that, said Anderson.

“We haven’t produced inter¬
ventions that look at that magic
moment when an HIV-negative
and an HIV-positive person come
together,” he said.

Owen, with Stop AIDS, said he
can understand serosorting as a
concept of not transmitting HIV

Pete Knight

◄ page 5

so that people could see what mo¬
tivated people behind the initia¬
tive,” Marshall added.

Kate Kendell, executive direc¬
tor of the National Center for Les¬
bian Rights, told the B.A.R. that
Mr. Knight left “a sad legacy.”

“In some ways it’s the death of
a nemesis, but my first thought
was of David Knight.”

It was Kendell and Marshall
who contacted David Knight sever¬
al years ago and talked with him
about the No on 22 campaign. In
late 1999, David Knight wrote an
op-ed piece in the Times, opposing
his father’s ballot measure, and de¬
scribing how his father rejected him
when he came out of the closet.

“It was a difficult decision,”
Marshall said of the decision to
reach out to David Knight. “We
were intruding on the Knight fam¬
ily. But that initiative was about in¬
truding in all of our families.”

Michael Goldstein, president
of the Harvey Milk LGBT Demo¬
cratic Club, said he hoped Mr.
Knight’s death “will free those in¬
dividuals on the conservative right

to another person. But he does
not want to see the government
adopting serosorting as a preven¬
tion message.

“The government can’t tell me
who I can love, whether it’s a gay
man or another positive man. I
have no problem having sex with
an HIV-positive individual,” he
said. “In an abstract way,
[serosorting] makes sense as one
of those ‘great ideas,’ but political¬
ly, it is not going to work. It’s too
stigmatizing of HIV-positives.”

Openly gay Supervisor Bevan
Dufty, 49, single and negative, said
he recently experienced what it is
like to be on the wrong side of the
serodivide. While he wouldn’t have
any reservations about dating a guy
who is positive, he believes some¬
one he went out with did serosort
him out as a potential mate.

“I went on a prospective break¬
fast date with someone. He dis¬
closed two partners of his had
passed away. He probably realized
I was negative because he didn’t
call me back,” said Dufty.

He said he also saw the reverse
happen to a close friend of his
who is positive. After introducing
his friend to someone with whom
he seemed to hit it off, Dufty
noted once the individual learned
his friend was positive, he pulled
back.

“He stopped and said to my
friend, ‘We should only be
friends,”’ recalled Dufty. “I defi¬
nitely felt his being negative was a
factor.”

Though Dufty added that he is
not necessarily opposed to
serosorting.

“Relationships are about
choice. I respect that and under¬
stand dating somebody who is
also positive takes issues off the
table.”

At the same time, he said he
knows many couples who are
serodiscordant and in long-term,
passionate relationships. He be¬
lieves the chemistry between two
people can rise above HIV status.

“There is a lot of dating and
sex in the community. There are a
lot of bumps in the night and a lot
of bruising at that level,” he said.
“I understand a negative guy is
fearful of sleeping with a positive
guy, but love can transcend a lot of
obstacles.” T

Next week: A discussion with
serodiscordant couples and
health officials’ concerns with
serosorting.

who consider themselves fair-
minded to embrace the basic
equal rights tenets found in both
our state and national constitu¬
tions.”

Laura Spanjian, co-chair of the
Alice B, Toklas LGBT Democratic
Club, said, “It’s kind of sad to see
him gone.”

“While I fervently disagree
with his views on gay marriage, I
think his initiative in 2000 paved
the way for today’s successes” by
bringing the community together,
she said.

Leno noted that Mr. Knight
several weeks ago told an Equality
California staff member and a
Sacramento reporter that while he
did not support same-sex mar¬
riage, he would support some¬
thing short of marriage.

“Though he said domestic
partnerships would be suitable,
that’s a significant shift,” I^tio
said, adding he offered Mr.
Knight’s family his condolences.

Mr. Knight’s funeral was
scheduled for today (Thursday,
May 13). In addition to his son,
David, Mr. Knight is survived by
his wife, Gail; two other sons; four
stepchildren; and 15 grandchil¬
dren. ▼

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF CAILIFORNIA IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRAN¬
CISCO FILE NO.CNC 04-541181

In the Matter of the Application of Scott
Michael Nelson for Change of Name. The
application of Scott Michael Nelson for
change of name, having been.filed in Court,
and it appearing from said application that
Scott Michael Nelson has filed an applica¬
tion proposing that his/her name be changed
to Scott Michael Nelson Windels. Now ther-
fore, it is hereby ordered and directed, that
all persons interested in said matter do ap¬
pear before this Court in Department 218
on the 17th day of June at 9:00am of said
day to show cause why the application for
change of name should not be granted.
APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 20004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275344-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Kasparian Realty & Insurance 2025
Taraval Street San Francisco, Ca. 94116.
This business is conducted by co-partners
signed Varant Kasparian. The registrant(s)
commenced to transact business under the
above listed fictitious business name or
names on 06-01-91. The statement was
filed with the City and County of San Fran¬
cisco, Ca. on 04-16-04.

APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275217-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: McGuire Mortgage 2001 Lombard St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94123. This business is
conducted by a joint venture signed James
R. Panepinto. The registrant(s) commenced
to transact business under the above listed
fictitious business name or names on 04-
09-04. The statement was filed with the
City and County of San Francisco, Ca. on
04-09-04.

APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0274909-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Thai Angel Cuisine 1968 Lombard St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94123. This business is
conducted by an individual signed Cynthia
Wong. The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the above listed fic¬
titious business name or names on 03-30-
04. The statement was filed with the City
and County of San Francisco, Ca. on 03-
30-04.

APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275269-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Natalie's Gallery 145 Jefferson Street,
Ste. 700 San Francisco, Ca. 94133. This
business is conducted by a corporation
signed Abraham Sadi. The registrant(s) com¬
menced to transact business under the above
listed fictitious business name or names on
03-01-04. The statement was filed with the
City and County of San Francisco, Ca. on
04-13-04.

APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275251-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Masks by Kai 470 Fillmore St. #1
San Francisco, Ca. 94117. This business is
conducted by an individual signed Larry W.
Stiffler. The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the above listed fic¬
titious business name or names on 04-01-
04. The statement was filed with the City
and County of San Francisco, Ca. on 04-
12-04.

APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 20004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275322-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Reach Your Audience 69 Central Ave.
San Francisco, Ca. 94117. This business is
conducted by an individual signed Julien
Signes. The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the above listed fic¬
titious business name or names on 04-15-
04. The statement was filed with the City
and County of San Francisco, Ca. on 04-
15-04.

APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275094-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Master Kitchen Cabinet 1250 Pennsyl¬
vania St. San Francisco, Ca. 94107. This
business is conducted by an individual
signed Rui Hua Lei. The registrant(s) com¬
menced to transact business under the above
listed fictitious business name or names on
n/a. The statement was filed with the City
and County of San Francisco, Ca. on 04-
06-04.

APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275296-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: LT Imports 253 Central Avenue San
Francisco, Ca. 94117. This business is con¬
ducted by a general partnership signed
Hector I Tuesta. The registrant(s) com¬
menced to transact business under the above
listed fictitious business name or names on
n/a. The statement was filed with the City
and County of San Francisco, Ca. on 04-
18-04.

APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 20004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275370-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Bangkok Noodles & Thai B.B.Q. 110
Powell St. San Francisco, Ca. 94102. This
business is conducted by an individual
signed Somnuk Loui. The registrant(s)
commenced to transact business under the
above listed fictitious business name or
names on n/a. The statement was filed with
the City and County of San Francisco, Ca.
on 04-19-04.

APR. 22, 29 MAY 6, 13 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275431-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Cable Rite 3221 20th St. San Francisco,
Ca. 94110. This business is conducted by a
limited liability corporation signed Anthony
Zabit. The registrant(s) commenced to trans¬
act business under the above listed fictitious
business name or names on 04-01-04. The
statement was filed with the City and County
of San Francisco, Ca. on 04-20-04.

APR. 29 MAY 6, 13, 20 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275463-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Frisco SS Apparel 3016 26th St. San
Francisco, Ca. 94110. This business is con¬
ducted by a general partnership signed Aldo
DiGiulio. The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the above listed fic¬
titious business name or names on 04-
21-04. The statement was filed with the
City and County of San Francisco, Ca. on
04-21-04.

APR. 29 MAY 6, 13, 20 2004

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT 0FTHE
STATE OF CAILIFORNIA IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRAN¬
CISCO FILE NO.CNC 04-541250

In the Matter of the Application of Zachary
Montague Cohen for Change of Name. The
application of Zachary Montague Cohen for
change of name, having been filed in Court,
and it appearing from said application that
Zachary Montague Coheii has filed an ap¬
plication proposing that his/her name be
changed to Zach Cohen Winkler. Now ther-
fore, it is hereby ordered and directed, that
all persons interested in said matter do ap¬
pear before this Court in Department 218
on the 27th day of May at 9:00am of said
day to show cause why the application for
change of name should not be granted.

APR. 29 MAY 6, 13, 20 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275531-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Saleema International Salon 2418 San
Bruno Ave. San Francisco, Ca. 94134. This
business is conducted by a husband and
wife signed Vincent A Jones. The regis¬
trants) commenced to transact business
under the above listed fictitious business
name or names on 04-23-04. The statement
was filed with the City and County of San
Francisco, Ca. on 04-23-04.

APR. 29 MAY 6, 13, 20 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275192-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Fuchno3075 17th St. San Francisco,
Ca. 94110. This business is conducted by
an individual signed Vlad Cood. The regis¬
trants) commenced to transact business
under the above listed fictitious business
name or names on 04-08-04. The statement
was filed with the City and County of San
Francisco, Ca. on 04-08-04.

APR. 29 MAY 6, 13, 20 2004

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO
SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

To whom it may concern: The Name of the
Applicants) is/are Citizen Cupcake 1 LLC.
The applicants listed above are applying to
the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Con¬
trol at 185 Berry Street, Suite #5600 San
Francisco, Ca 94107, to sell alcoholic bev¬
erages at 2 Stockton St., 3rd FI. San Fran¬
cisco, Ca 94108. Type of License applied
for:

41 - ON-SALE BEER AND WINE -
EATING PLACE
APR. 29 MAY 6, 13 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275559-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Cottonland 2306 28th Avenue San
Francisco, Ca. 94116. This business is con¬
ducted by a husband and wife signed
Samuel Chew. The registrants) commenced
to transact business under the above listed
fictitious business name or names on n/a.
The statement was filed with the City and
County of San Francisco, Ca. on 04-26-04.
MAY 6, 13, 20, 27 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-02754231-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Tonno Rosso 155 Steuart St. San Fran¬
cisco, Ca. 94105. This business is conduct¬
ed by a limited partnership signed Charles
H. Pratt. The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the above listed fic¬
titious business name or names on n/a. The
statement was filed with the City and County
of San Francisco, Ca. on 04-20-04.

MAY 6, 13, 20, 27 2004

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STATEMENT FILE A-0275523-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: AIDS Housing Alliance*SF 427 South
Van Ness San Francisco, Ca. 94103. This
business is conducted by a corporation
signed Brian Basinger. The registrant(s)
commenced to transact business under the
above listed fictitious business name or
names on 01-29-04. The statement was filed
with the City and County of San Francisco,
Ca. on 04-23-04.

MAY 6, 13, 20, 27 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275582-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Focalpoint Design Group 121 Bosworth
St. San Francisco, Ca. 94112. This busi¬
ness is conducted by a general partnership
signed Brian Dittmar. The registrant(s) com¬
menced to transact business under the above
listed fictitious business name or names on
04-27-04. The statement was filed with the
City and County of San Francisco, Ca. on
04-27-04.

MAY 6, 13, 20, 27 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275687-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Kamei Houseware & Restaurant Sup¬
plies 525 Clement St. San Francisco, Ca.
94118. This business is conducted by a cor¬
poration signed Hung V. Tran. The regis¬
trants) commenced to transact business
under the above listed fictitious business
name or names on n/a. The statement was
filed with the City and County of San Fran¬
cisco, Ca. on 04-29-04.

MAY 6, 13, 20, 27 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275689-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Kamei Houseware & Restaurant Sup¬
plies 547 Clement St. San Francisco, Ca.
94118. This business is conducted by a cor¬
poration signed Hung V. Tran. The regis¬
trants) commenced to transact business
under the above listed fictitious business
name or names on n/a. The statement was
filed with the City and County of San Fran¬
cisco, Ca. on 04-29-04.

MAY 6, 13, 20, 27 2004

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OFTHE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRAN¬
CISCO FILE NO.CNC 04-541319

In the Matter of the Application of Lewie
Alan Gillian for Change of Name. The ap¬
plication of Lewie Alan Gillian for change
of name, having been filed in Court, and it
appearing from said application that Lewie
Alan Gillian has filed an application
proposing that his/her name be changed to
Lewis Alan Gillian. Now therfore, it is here¬
by ordered and directed, that all persons in¬
terested in said matter do appear before
this Court in Department 218 on the 01st
day of July at 9:00am of said day to show
cause why the application for change of
name should not be granted.

May 6, 13, 20, 27 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275653-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: ECDI Int'l (Elecdyns Cons & Dev.) 435
Broadway St. San Francisco, Ca. 94133.
This business is conducted by an individual
signed Leonardo S. Cuevas. The registrant(s)
commenced to transact business under the
above listed fictitious business name or
names on 04-28-04. The statement was filed
with the City and County of San Francisco,
Ca. on 04-28-04.

MAY 6, 13, 20, 27 20004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275803-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as: Club Hong Kong 517 Clement St. San
Francisco, Ca. 94118. This business is con¬
ducted by an individual signed Jennings
Louie Lew. The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the above listed fic¬
titious business name or names on 05-01-
04. The statement was filed with the City
and County of San Francisco, Ca. on 05-
05-04.

MAY 13, 20, 27 JUNE 3 2004

STATEMENT FILE A-0275839-00

The following person(s) are doing business
as; Bluestone Landscapes 203 Caselli St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94114. This business is
conducted by an individual signed Steve
Coughran. The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the above listed fic¬
titious business name or names on n/a. The
statement was filed with the City and Coun¬
ty of San Francisco, Ca. on 05-06-04.

MAY 13, 20, 27 JUNE 3 2004

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OFTHE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRAN¬
CISCO FILE NO.CNC 04-541331

In the Matter of the Application of Chayne
Lowell Rogers for Change of Name. The ap¬
plication of Chayne Lowell Rogers for
change of name, having been filed in Court,
and it appearing from said application that
Chayne Lowell Rogers has filed an applica¬
tion proposing that his/her name be
changed to Jason Chaz Draven. Now ther¬
fore, it is hereby ordered and directed, that
all persons interested in said matter do ap¬
pear before this Court in Department 218
on the 8th day of July at 9:00am of said
day to show cause why the appl ication for
change of name should not be granted.

MAY 13, 20, 27 JUNE 3 2004

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OFTHE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRAN¬
CISCO FILE NO.CNC 04-541330

In the Matter of the Application of John
Evensen Hall for Change of Name. The ap¬
plication of John Evensen Hall for change
of name, having been filed in Court, and it
appearing from said application that John
Evensen Hall has filed an application
proposing that his/her name be changed to
Rebecca Lynne Hall. Now therfore, it is
hereby ordered and directed, that all per¬
sons interested in said matter do appear be¬
fore this Court in Department 218 on the
13th day of July at 9:00am of said day to
show cause why the application for change
of name should not be granted.

MAY 13, 20, 27 JUNE 3 2004

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talk from

(Okay, maybe we’re still learning).

Okay. We know we’ve had an image problem in the GLBT
community. (That old boycott pretty much tipped us off).

And well admit we were a little bit stubborn about even
admitting there was a problem. That's why we want to talk to
you. After all. a lot of things have changed since the 70s. Including
our company.

In fact, we began addressing some important issues way back
in 1978.

That's when we adopted an inclusive nondiscrimination policy
that recognized the rights of GLBT applicants and employees. We
took another important step forward in 1988 and provided corporate
support to important GLBT community groups. Today, we're proud
to bade the efforts of the HRC, GLAAD, GPAC and numerous AIDS
organizations. And we've continued our efforts to be not only a
better corporate citizen, but a better place to work as well. More
than 10 years ago, we created our Lesbian and Gay Employee
Resource council (LAGER) to provide an employee support network
and regularly advise our senior management. We even made history

in 1995, when Coors became the first major brewery in America to
offer same-sex partner health benefits.

Many people have responded positively to these efforts. In 2001,
we received the Colorado Human Rights Campaign Award. And we
just received the highest score possible from the Human Rights
Campaign—a perfect 100. So, while we're not perfect, we're
clearly working hard to be a better company.

In other words, we got your message.

Now, do we hope to these changes will help persuade you to
start enjoying our products?

Of course we do.

But regardless of how many minds we change about Coors, we're
going to continue the GLBT-friendly policies and programs we
have in place, and look for new ways
to ensure an inclusive, comfortable
workplace for all of our employees.

Just because it's the right thing
to do Thanks for listening.

twM.

Now’s the time.

Give us your feedback: str8talk@mergemediagroup.com

Confirmed: truth stranger than fiction

‘Screw’ publisher, Barry Bonds’ ball, sex
past 65, surviving incest in 2004 DocFest.

page 29

‘Girlz’ gone wild

Lesbian Karen Williams
in ‘Funny Girlz /

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Vol. 34 • No. 20 • 13 May 2004

BRAD PITT TALKS TROY’ TO THE BAR.

TROJAN

BEAUTY

by Tim Nasson

W hen one thinks of the actor Brad Pitt,
the word “middle-aged” hardly ever
crosses one’s mind. Instead, the title
“Sexiest Man Alive” may come to the
fore. Pitt lays claim to being the only
person named “Sexiest” by People
magazine twice, in 1994 and 2000.

But believe it or not, Pitt is no
longer a boy. Along with being one-
half of the poster couple for marriage (with his wife, Friends’ Jennifer
Aniston), Pitt has recently reached a milestone.

“Its amazing what an impending midlife crisis will do for you, real¬
ly. It got me motivated. I just turned 40 in December,” says Pitt, sport¬
ing a crew-cut, wearing a striped polo shirt and khakis during lunch at
Essex House, in a suite overlooking Central Park South.

“I see it, turning 40, as a real badge of honor. I really kind of enjoyed
it. No more excuses, you know? I’m responsible. I can’t blame anything
on my parents any longer. I’m responsible for my mistakes ancf my
choices.”

Pitt’s latest choice, after a three-year hiatus from movies, is the role
of golden-boy, long-haired Achilles in Wolfgang Petersen’s retelling of
Homer’s Iliad, the epic, $200 million Troy. Pitt co-stars with Eric Bana
(The Hulk), Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings ) and Hollywood icon
Peter O’Toole.

Most will think Pitt looks better in Troy than he did 15 years ago in
his big-screen debut which catapulted him to fame, as the hitchhiking
thief who teaches Geena Davis about the joys of sex and robbing con¬
venience stores in Thelma & Louise. I sat with Pitt the day the 2004 Peo¬
ple magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” issue hit the stands. He and
his wife both appear on the cover.

“It was brutal,” says Pitt about attaining the chiseled chest and wash¬
board stomach he sports in his latest film. “Since I had to go around
naked or at least shirtless for most of the film, I had to at least look
good,” he says. “I started working out about six months ahead of shoot¬
ing. I got a guy who knew what he was talking about to help me get in
shape. It was four meals a day of protein and low-carb food. It was quit¬
ting smoking. And it was two, three hours in the gym, .getting to a point
of absolute discomfort. After three months, I finally started to enjoy it.
On top of that I had sword lessons! But now that the movie is over, I
have stopped working out so much and have taken up smoking again.

page 28 ►

INTERGENERATIONAL BLISS

HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR GETS
A HALF-LIFE'

by Tim Miller

Half-Life by Aaron Krach; Alyson Publications,
$13.95

A aron Krach’s Half-Life is a sexy, soulful
and sassy exploration of the sparks that
fly when humans collide. Exploring the
travails of Adam, a young gay man
preparing to graduate from high school
in a mythical corner of Los Angeles called Angelito,
Krach creates a world that crackles with authenticity
and erotic heat. Angelito becomes the container for

Adam’s desires and dreams as he launches into a sur¬
prising romance with a gay cop. The Los Angeles
basin itself seethes with danger and possibility in
Krach’s deft, earthy writing.

Wise to the tides of love, author Krach invites us
into a funny, moving world in this kick-ass first novel.
I spoke with him about California, and high school
boys romancing cops.

Tim Miller: Your appealing central character Adam
is a complex yet archetypal queer youth on the edge
of adulthood. What drew you to explore that cusp of
real life, graduating from high school?

Aaron Krach: I know it sucks for most people, but
I loved being in high school. I had a boyfriend, even
though everyone thought we were “best friends.” I was
successful at my “activities.” Everyone always says,
“Those are the best years of your life.” Well, I think
they’re right. They’re also wrong, because after grad¬
uation is when the real fun begins.

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26 BAY AREA REPORTER 13 May 2004

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ometimes, by the helping
hands of temptation, you
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straight people who tipped the
tub over last week in Lake Travis,
Texas, in their desperate attempt
to glimpse some flesh: a group of
nude sunbathers broasting on the

shore. AP reports ’twas deep into
the muddy drink with the big
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they groped to starboard!

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cross-penises,” which puzzled us
until we realized it’s an old pirate
tradition to display the skull and
cross -bones.

Then we were sent all the way
to Hades by The Darkness

singer/frontman Justin

Hawkins’ pelvic tattoo, whose
fiery flames can be seen flickering
above his waxline when he wears
his jeans fashionably low — no,
way low, as on the cover of the

Darkness’ appropriately-titled CD
single Growing on Me. But dude,
isn’t it fire season, and wrong to
play with matches?

By now, of course, Hawkins is
weary of his flaming crotch’s
celebrity. “That’s all people wanna
know,” he whined to Rolling Stone.
“‘How far does the tattoo go? Is it
really pierced?”’

So, uh, is it really pierced?
Turns out it is. Kewl. So he’s punc¬
tured just like crooner Lenny
Kravitz, who told FHM magazine
that his Prince Albert drives
chicks crazy and is “effective in
any position.”

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awful lot of skin, but also show a
hella lot of fringe. But we suppose
that’s a discussion for another day.

Mac attack

Teens and queens of all ages ig¬
nored the fossilly Friends finale
last week to meet yummy young
thespian Macaulay Culkin and
his talented teen co-star Jena
Malone after a SF sneak
peek of the upcoming re¬
ligious-satire flick
Saved!

Girls in frilly pink
short-skirts mixed ef¬
fortlessly with other
“girls” of a certain age,
but when the stars
came out (well, not
literally), they were
greeted by shrieks
of ecstasy from all
the assembled. One of the first
fans up, a valley girl, asked Mac
for a kiss. “ O-kay,” Mac replied
with a sultry pout. Not to be left
out, a gaggle of girls soon queued
up to get a hug and spoon from
the star. Finally, a young teen
queen waded in to get his own
piece of the action. OT is pleased
to relay that the Homo was not
Alone: Culkin reportedly squeezed
his young male fan with an equal
amount of zest.

While we’re at it, we’re just be¬
side OTselves with joy at being
able to pass on another tiny filmie
scooplet du jour, namely that
biopic Superstar in a Housedress -
The Life and Legend of Jackie Cur¬
tis, the sexually ambiguous Andy
Warhol superstar, is confirmed
for a run at the Castro Theatre be¬
ginning August 6. Jackie is re¬
membered on film by 30 friends
and colleagues, including immor¬
tal folk like Harvey Fierstein,

Holly Woodlawn, Paul Morris¬
sey and Lily Tomlin. As Andy
would say: Gee, we can’t wait!

Streisand in Dolores Park!

OK, that’s a distracting and
slightly deceptive subhead, but the
San Francisco Neighborhood
Theater Foundation, in conjunc¬
tion with local residents
and merchants, will host
a first-of-its-kind out¬
door screening of the
1972 screwball com¬
edy classic What's Up,
Doc? on Saturday, May
15, in SF’s Mission Do¬
lores Park.

Organizers hope to
establish a new
neighborhood cin¬
ema tradition at
Dolores Park,
bringing people together to enjoy
a classic SF film. Doc? stars Barbra
Streisand and Ryan O’Neal.
Previews, including a showcase of
trailers from movies produced by
SF-based filmmakers, begin at 8
p.m., followed by the screening of
What's Up, Doc? at 8:30 p.m.

Guests are encouraged to
bring blankets and other com¬
forts appropriate for lawn seat¬
ing, but FYI: chairs that obstruct
the views of others are discour¬
aged. A $5 donation is asked to
help cover event costs, but no one
will be turned away due to lack of
funds. Proceeds benefit the SF
Neighborhood Theater Founda¬
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sion. Info at www.sfneighbor-
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Life cycle

We’re also consumed with cur¬
rent events involving Bike jocks,
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13 May 2004 BAY AREA REPORTER 27

Perilous pairings

Theatre Rhino's 'A Pinter/Albee Duet'

by Richard Dodds

hat has happened in the
. years since Edward Albee
wrote The Zoo Story in
1959? Well, the comfortable salary
for an Upper East Sider has gone
from $18,000 a year to $200,000,
and Stephen King has replaced J.P.
Marquand as easy reading. At
least, these are changes that direc¬
tor Neal H. Shorstein has made to
give the Albee play a contempo¬
rary setting.

But plays exist in their time in
ways that go beyond specific ref¬
erences, and the efforts to update
the relevancy of Zoo Story cause
more disorientation than illumi¬
nation. But Harold Pinter’s 1962
The Collection, the second part of
a double bill at Theatre Rhino, has
been left alone, and seems more
timeless because of it.

These two plays are a good fit
for each other, and are reasonably,
if far from remarkably, produced.
Both create edgy dynamics among
strangers who become much
more than that before the stories
are done. They also provide Tim
Hendrixson, an actor new on my
radar, with two fundamentally
different roles that he plays with
astonishing veracity in each case.

In The Zoo Story, he plays Jerry,
an ordinary guy without much of
a past or future who heads to Cen¬
tral Park looking for a willing ear
to fill and complacent heart to dis¬
turb. His victim is Peter, a pipe¬
smoking bookish sort given to say¬

ing things like, “My dear fellow... ”
The connection that is finally made
ends in violence, and has ended the
story for 45 years, but Albee will
soon unveil a companion play that
delves into the ramifications of this
park-bench encounter.

Coming across something like
Joe Pantoliano’s Ralphie in The So¬
pranos as Jerry, Hendrixson is
barely recognizable when he re¬
turns in The Collection as Harry, a
proper old queen living in luxury
in London. While Hendrixson is at
home with both characters, Ross
Pasquale fares better as the “slum
slug” Bill, as Harry calls him, in the
second half than as the somewhat
artificially drawn middle-class
milquetoast of the curtain-raiser.

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may not have slept with Bill. As is
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Boys’ town

' Tro / makes a Pitt stop in Hollywood

by Robert Julian

et’s get one thing straight:
there is only one blond in
Troy. Helen (Diane Kruger)
may quiver tremulously in a cor¬
ner with her dark golden locks,
doing a muted impersonation of
the young Ursula Andress, but all
the Marilyn moments belong to
Brad Pitt. Buff, oiled, and pumped
for action, Pitt assays the role of
Achilles with a stiff upper lip,
plunging neckline, and a comple¬
ment of Gamier Nutrisse locks
that out-blonds Troy’s raven¬
haired cast of thousands. Unfor¬
tunately, despite his hard work
and determination, Pitt’s Achilles
still looks like the guy at the back
of the room who lobs spitballs at
the teacher before cutting class to
go surfing.

The ancient story of Troy is a
simple one. Sparta and Troy are
warring kingdoms. Paris (Orlan¬
do Bloom) is a Prince of Troy who
falls in love with Queen Helen of

Sparta. She leaves her husband
King Menelaus (Brendan Glee-
son) and returns to Troy with
Paris. This sets off a war between
the two kingdoms. Menelaus’
brother; Agamemnon (Brian
Cox), is the King of the Myce-
naeans, and he combines his
troops with those of Sparta to
make an assault on the city of
Troy. King Priam (Peter O’Toole)
and his elder son Prince Hector
(Eric Bana) prepare to defend
themselves and their walled city of
Troy against the onslaught of the
troops — with particular atten¬
tion to Achilles, the opposition’s
star warrior.

David Benioff’s script dutiful¬
ly renders the ancient story of this
conflict, but his dialogue and
Wolfgang Petersen’s direction pro¬
duce a film without highs or lows.
It all unfolds predictably, and
quite beautifully, due to the won¬
derful production design of Nigel
Phelps and the cinematography of
Roger Pratt. Special kudos go to
Bob Ringwood, who designed the

costumes for a cast that is 98%
male. When the boys aren’t in
their fighting drag (leather mini¬
skirts and helmets), they parade
around tents and temples in
color-coordinated, ankle-length
sarongs with matching V-neck
fringed vests. Fans of male pul¬
chritude will find there is no
shortage of eye-candy in Troy, and
Ringwood’s costumes show it off
to good advantage. Eric Bana, as
Hector, not only possesses more
gravitas than Pitt, but he has a bet¬
ter body. Maybe that’s why we see
so little of it in Troy.

Physical education

Clocking in at 2 hours and 45
minutes, the dramatic flatline of
Troy may prove a difficult sell, de¬
spite the physical allure of the cast
and great special effects. For al¬
most three hours, they fight, they
talk, they fight, they talk, they talk,
and they fight. That’s it. Pitt works
hard, but he does not rise to the
dramatic occasion. His perfor¬
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Prince of Troy (Orlando Bloom); Helen, Queen of Sparta (Diane Kruger)

Russell Crowe in Gladiator, Kirk
Douglas in Spartacus, or Charlton
Heston in Ben Hur. Yet that kind
of star turn is what this elaborate
production calls for. The support¬
ing cast is competent, but the
great Julie Christie is reduced to a
brief cameo as Achilles’ mother,
Thetis. Only one scene grabbed
me by the throat and made me sit
at attention.

Troy’s aged King Priam is por¬
trayed by Peter O’Toole. When his
son Hector is killed by Achilles,
the king sneaks into the warrior’s
tent late one night to beg Achilles
for the return of his son’s body.

O’Toole, consistently working
above the material, summons all
the experience of his 40-plus years
of cinematic stardom for this mo¬
ment. Priam’s quiet plea to
Achilles is majestic, heart-break¬
ing, and inspiring. I watched
thousands fight and hundreds die,
but only this moment made me
want t'o stand up and cheer, and it
came about due to the great
artistry of an ancient actor. It was,
for this reviewer, the only to-die-
for moment in Troy. ▼

Opens Friday.

Pitt plays Achilles, the star enemy warrior in the bloody siege of Troy.

Brad Pitt

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I guess I am a bad boy. Or is it bad
man, now that I’m 40?”

Heel bound

Ironically, all the fighting
lessons in the world couldn’t pre¬
vent Pitt, who plays Achilles, from
tearing his Achilles tendon, which
put him out of commission for al¬
most two months. “The shoot was
plagued with problems,” he says.
“Not only did I get hurt, but in¬
stead of shooting in Morocco,
which was the first choice, the
producers decided on Mexico, due
to the war in Iraq. No sooner did
they build the sets in Los Cabos
than one of the biggest hurricanes
ever recorded there passed
through and ruined them. Then a
second hurricane came during the
reconstruction of the sets.”

Pitt has more to smile about

than his great looks, fame and for¬
tune. “Now that Jen is done with
Friends, we’re going to try and
have a family. The rehearsals are
over. We can’t wait to begin a fam¬
ily.” But don’t count on seeing the
lovebirds on the big screen togeth¬
er. “The guest spot I did on Friends
is probably all you’re going to see
of Jen and me together on film.
We’d like to do a movie together,
but we are cautious. If you look
through history, all the acting cou¬
ples that make a movie together,
the odds aren’t with us. If we did
make a movie together, it would
really have to be delicately hand¬
picked.”

The “Sexiest Man Alive” has
come a long way in 15 years. For
Thelma & Louise, the movie that
put him on the map, Pitt earned a
paltry $6,000. For Oceans Twelve,
the sequel to Ocean’s Eleven, Pitt
will earn $30 million. “I’m cur¬
rently shooting the Ocean’s sequel

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13 May 2004 BAY AREA REPORTER 29

THEATER

LATE NIGHT AT EMPIRE AND NEW YORK CITY’S MOST

Baseballs and oddballs

2004 DocFest at two venues this weekend

Brad Pitt

M previous page

in Chicago.”

What is Brad’s Achilles’ heel?
“I’m not going there,” he says with
a smirk. “I don’t know. It’s intima¬
cy for all of us. Isn’t it, pretty
much, for nine out of 10 people?”

Pitt’s advice for co-star Orlan¬
do Jones? “I told him to keep his
pants on, which I certainly do not
in this movie, or most movies I
am in.”

On wearing a toga, Pitt says, “It
was very comfortable. I didn’t
wear anything underneath. Just
like the Greeks in ancient times,
who wore no underwear. I guess
you could say they were free-
balling. But when you think about
it, it’s a bit odd, because your face,
chest and arms are protected with
this heavy armor, yet your vitals
are hanging in the wind. That’s a
kill shot, to me. I don’t understand
that. A lot more soldiers would
have died if they had thought
about that, I’m sure.” ▼

by David Lamble

Screw publisher Al Goldstein

Al Goldstein: The Trials of the
Sultan of Smut Time has not
been kind to Screw magazine pub¬
lisher Al Goldstein. Once hailed as
the poor man’s Larry Flynt, Gold¬
stein’s fabled “peter meter” is be¬
yond the help of Viagra. First-time
filmmaker James Guardino liter¬
ally stumbles over the aging porn
king as Goldstein waits in a
crowded Brooklyn Police holding
cell. The 66-year-old portly pub¬
lisher, who introduced pubic hair
to printed porn, ran one of the
first gay columns in a non-gay
paper and boasted the filthiest
mouth in Gotham before Howard
Stern had his first erection, is now
behind bars, but not in defense of
the First Amendment. In a rather
tacky episode, he’s accused of is¬
suing vile threats against his 27-
year-old, female ex-personal assis¬
tant. The filmmaker becomes a
kind of surrogate son (Goldstein’s
real son no longer speaks to him)
and allows us to watch in be¬
mused horror as Goldstein milks
his last 15 minutes of fame issuing
outrageous, profane and border¬
line racist rants against everyone
in sight, including the Chinese-
American judge at his trial.
(Women’s Bldg., 5/14,9:30 p.m.)

Up for Grabs For those with the
patience to follow the truly pre¬
posterous spectacle of two men
fighting for two years over a base¬
ball, novice filmmaker Mike Wra-

Two men fight for two years over Barry Bonds' baseball in Up for Grabs.

hey’re back! Returning to
the Roxie Cinema and the
Women’s Building after a
year’s hiatus, the 2004 DocFest,
the bastard child of the San Fran¬
cisco Independent Film Festival,
presents the ugly ducklings of the
world of nonfiction film, May 13-
16. Each filmmaker capably pur¬
sues his or her obsessive interest in
an oddball subject, perhaps a tad
beyond our interest. Of the five
films we’ve previewed, several
subjects might have been better
served as segments on 60 Minutes,
Inside Edition or even Cops.

novics concocts a tasty treat.
Buried in the reports of Barry
Bonds’ record-breaking 73rd
home run on October 7, 2001,
Wranovics noted a small item de¬
scribing the distress of a fan who
claimed to have caught the ball
that might be worth millions, only
to have it “stolen” from his glove
in the scrum of fans at Pac Bell
Park. Wranovics saw this fortune
dropping from the sky, only to slip
through somebody’s hands, as a
great metaphor for the broken
dreams of the dot-com bust. The
film becomes a 90-minute nonfic¬
tion satirical novel, with implau¬
sible story elements straight out of
the Kennedy assassination saga or
the OJ trial. (Roxie, 5/13, 9:15 &
11p.m.)

Still Doing It The intimate lives
of women over 65. You can throw
out all the advice books for aging
baby-boomers and take to heart
the.example of the women in
Deirdre Fishel’s film. From Bo¬
hemian gadflies to proper church-
ladies, these women learn that for
a growing minority of feisty se¬
niors, an active sex life is possible
at any age. Most instructive is the
real-life Harold and Maude story
of 74-year-old Betty and her 26-
year-old boyfriend. After an Inter¬
net crush brought this hunky
Prince Charming to her door,
Betty confesses that fears about
her sagging torso could have sab¬
otaged the affair. Her boyfriend
notes that their success stemmed
in part from the good fortune of
their meeting just after Betty had
the hip-replacement surgery that
allowed her to move about in bed
like a teenager. Plus The Naked
Feminist: Australian filmmaker
Louisa Achille tries to finally put
to rest the tired debate that femi¬
nism and eroticism are somehow
incompatible. With Veteran Bay
Area porn star Annie Sprinkle.
(Women’s Bldg., 5/16,2:30 p.m.)

Awful Normal Celesta Davis ex¬
plores the memories she and sis¬
ter Karen have of being molested

as children by a male friend of
their father’s. As a therapy tool for
recovering incest survivors, the
film has much to recommend it,
but the slow pacing, awkward film
technique (shutting off the cam¬
era for long stretches as the sisters
and their mother confront the
molester, now a seemingly genial
old codger) and an embarrassing¬
ly extended crying jag by one of
the sisters (no doubt cathartic for
her) make us feel like we’re wit¬
nessing an event that should have
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Dinner at Eight (’33), Greta Garbo
in Camille (’37), Cary Grant in
Holiday (’38), Joan Crawford and
Rosalind Russell in The Women
(’39), James Stewart in The
Philadelphia Story (’40), Ingrid
Bergman and Charles Boyer in
Gaslight (’44), Judy Holliday in
Born Yesterday (’50), and Judy
Garland and James Mason in A
Star Is Born (’54): He gave Winters
her break in ’47’s A Double Life
(which won Ronald Colman a
Best Actor Oscar), and directed
the remarkable screen debuts of
Lansbury and Lemmon. Even his
failures were interesting — no¬
tably, Sylvia Scarlett (’35), with
Hepburn in male drag, flirting
with Grant.

Selznick’s firing him from
Gone With the Wind was the most
controversial event of Cukor’s ca¬
reer. He began work on the movie
without a script, testing actresses
for Scarlett, before Vivien Leigh
won the role. At his urging, Olivia
de Havilland played Melanie. Be¬
cause Selznick wasn’t ready to

shoot, Cukor worked at MGM,
even directing The Wizard of Oz
(’39) for three days. At his insis¬
tence, the curly blonde wig Gar¬
land had been wearing was per¬
manently removed.

Once shooting began on
GWTW, Cukor found Selznick
too controlling, second-guessing
his every move. Cukor resisted,
leading to his dismissal. Some
sources say Clark Gable resented
him, fearing he would throw the
picture to Leigh, or worried that
Cukor knew of some early gay
hustling he may have done, and
therefore demanded his removal.
The last seems unlikely, because
Gable knew Cukor was directing
months before shooting started —
and raised no objections. Leigh
and deJTavilland continued re¬
hearsing with him after Fleming
took over, and virtually all of
Cukor’s scenes remained in the
final version.

He recovered with The Women,
telling the all-star, all-female cast,
including arch-rivals Norma
Shearer and Crawford, to pull in
their claws and get to work. Cukor
survived Marilyn Monroe’s firing
from Something’s Got To Give
(’62), and the film’s initial cancel¬
lation. He thrived in the studio
system, and didn’t do well after its
collapse, directing only four films
after My Fair Lady: Justine (’69),
from Lawrence Durrell’s novel;
Travels With My Aunt (’72); the
disastrous American-Russian co¬
production of The Blue Bird (’76)
with Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gard¬
ner, and Jane Fonda; and a last
success, Rich and Famous (’81)
with Jacqueline Bissett and Can¬
dace Bergen, making him, at 82,
the oldest working director in
Hollywood history. Despising un¬
employment, he had turned to
television, notably with Hepburn
and Laurence Olivier in Love
Among the Ruins (’75), which net¬
ted them all Emmys.

A Star Is Born is Cukor’s mas¬
terpiece, despite butchering by
studio head Jack Warner. It initial¬
ly opened at three-and-a-half
hours, to great reviews and big
box-office. But Warner cut half an
hour to allow additional showings
at theatres. Many key scenes were
destroyed. Cukor couldn’t bear to
watch his bastardized movie.
When, after painstaking research,
some of his original footage was
found, he agreed to see the par¬
tially restored version, but died
two days before it was shown in
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letting them carry the story.

Hello, Shelley

He helmed many definitive

Gavin Lambert interviewed
the director for his
’72 book, On Cukor, which be¬
came the basis for an American
Masters segment now available on
DVD. Narrated by Jean Simmons,
the luminous star of his The Ac¬
tress (’53), the DVD intersperses
the director’s comments with
scenes from his films and assess¬
ments from his greatest discovery,
Katharine Hepburn, Peter Bog-
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Bloom, Angela Lansbury, Jack
Lemmon, critic Richard Schickel,
Lambert, and others.

Born in New York City, Cukor
had extensive theatrical experi¬
ence before becoming a dialogue
coach at Paramount during the
advent of sound. He and produc¬
er David Selznick formed an early
friendship, resulting in acclaimed
screen versions of literary works
— Little Women (’33), featuring
Hepburn’s sensational Jo March,
and David Copperfield (’34), with
W.C. Fields’ memorable Micaw-
bar. On the set, Cukor created a
warm ambiance, enabling actors
to take risks. He didn’t trust edi¬
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director.” Unlike gay contempo-.
raries Vincente Minnelli and Ed¬
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hide his sexual orientation. Holly¬
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lfredo Kraus and Franco
: Corelli are dead, and the so-
called “Three Tenors” might
as well be. It’s been too many years
since the original tenor conclave at
the Rome World Cup spawned a
recording and stadium phenome¬
non that was originally great fun
and then became tired, commer¬
cial and redundant. One can al¬
most forgive listeners who think
there are no other high-voiced
male singers in the world.

Yet they’d be wrong. Roberto
Alagna, Marcello Giordani, and
Ramon Vargas have filled in ad¬

mirably and artistically. Marcello
Alvarez and Salvatore Licitra show
signs of growing into major
artists. Juan Diego Florez started
out gangbusters, though the
handsome Peruvian has run into
some vocal difficulties lately. Jose
Cura has the looks, attitude and
hubris (he conducts his own
recorded recitals; not even Placido
Domingo is that conceited), but
his voice is under precarious con¬
trol. Then there is that sexy new
breed, “The Countertenors.”

Thump into my inbox comes a
bunch of tenor albums, ranging
from international superstar
David Daniels, still the dishiest of
male altos, to Joseph Calleja, a 24-
year-old phenom from Malta who
not only sounds great but looks
like a young James Gandolfini,
thick and thuggishly attractive.
But first there is Rolando Villazon,
like Vargas a Mexican with a beau¬
tifully placed lyric tenor. He ap¬
pears with Ruth Ann Swenson-in
San Francisco Opera’s La Traviata
this September. Villazon’s new
disc, Italian Opera Arias (Virgin
Classics), is standard fare, win-
ningly delivered.

The album starts with “Federi¬
co’s Lament” from Cilea’s forgot¬
ten L’Arlesiana. It shows off a lyric
tenor like no other piece in the
repertory. Conductor Marcello
Viotti weaves a fragrant, leisurely
accompaniment for this song of a
shepherd wounded by his faithless
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register with unerring poignancy.
Villazon is more convincing with
the sensitivity and pain than with
the actual execution of the notes
— too much dynamic pin-point¬
ing, not enough forward thrust
for my taste.

Oddly enough, on Tenor Arias
(Decca), Calleja sings it the same
way, all agonizing interpretation
and not enough trust in the com¬
poser’s simple musical effects.
Both gentlemen should take a
posthumous master class from
Senor Kraus. After that slight mis¬
understanding of what tenor
singing is about — no, we don’t
want you to yell, but too much
“sensitive” mucking about is
counterproductive— both guys
deliver the goods.

Heavy duty

Villazon’s tenor is handsome,
rich, with an easy, ringing upper
register. Considering that he ven¬
tures into heavy-duty Puccini
roles (Rodolfo, Cavaradossi), it
may be surprising that his bel
canto singing (Donizetti’s Edgar-
do and Nemorino; Verdi’s Duke
and Alfredo) is still so fresh and
pointed. Don’t get your knickers

in a twist if I call La Traviata “bel
canto.” It should be, and if Alfre¬
do’s big scene (including the ca-
baletta, “O mio rimorso”) is any
indication, Ruth Ann is going to
die happily in September.

Calleja’s album duplicates the
Donizetti and Verdi scenes from
Lucia, Rigoletto and Traviata; the
comparison is edifying. How
could one choose between them?
Simple — you don’t have to, and
what is more amazing, you have
no trouble telling the two voices
apart. Calleja is truly what his
conductor Riccardo Chailly
claims, a throwback to an old style
of vocal production thought to be
extinct. The sound bears resem¬
blance to Gigli, without the sobs.

Daniels takes us from the stan¬
dard Italian operatic repertory
(which he wouldn’t sing in any
case) to the standard French song
rep, in which he is a master. His
rendition of Berlioz’s Nuits d’ete,
on his new Virgin Classics album,
goes right up there with my fa¬
vorite interpretations by Janet
Baker and Regine Crespin. With
John iSfelson conducting, Daniels
sings the “Villanelle” effortlessly,
while “Le spectre de la rose,” “Sur
les lagunes” and “Absence,” Gauti¬

er’s painful meditations on lost
love, are delivered with a tender
poise all the more effective for not
tearing passion to tatters.

Many people have told me they
. don’t “get” Daniels’ alto with its
feminine (or, to be more accurate,
androgynous) qualities. I under¬
stand the problem, but I am at a
loss to offer help. Daniels doesn’t
always sing well, live or on discs.
Like June Anderson, another
singer touched by both divine in¬
spiration and all-too-common
physical ailments, he can’t always
get out of his own way. On this
disc, however, he strikes a nearly
perfect balance between vocal
serenity and desperate intensity.

Starting on a high, Daniels
continues in the same exalted vein
with Ravel’s “Five Popular Greek
Melodies” and Faure’s “En sour¬
dine,” “Mandoline” and “Clair de
lune.” Unlike the usual unwel¬
come orchestral interludes in
these affairs, Nelson and the
handpicked Ensemble Orchestral
de Paris play the utterly appropri¬
ate “Pantomime” from Les
Troyens, Ravel’s “PaVane” and
Faure’s “Elegie” for cello. This disc
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by Philip Campbell

T he San Francisco Symphony has always been adept at putting
together satisfying and edifying music festivals. Since Michael
Tilson Thomas began his tenure, they have been even more
intriguing and memorable.

We haven’t been treated to an American Mavericks or new music
series for a while now, but Wagner and Beethoven sell more tickets,
and no one could pretend that either composer was any less revolu¬
tionary in the history of the Western operatic or orchestral tradition.

This May’s three-week festival is devoted to Beethoven and the
music of his contemporaries. It begins on May 13 with a symposium
moderated by MTT, featuring chamber works of Beethoven, Muzio
Clementi, Anton Diabelli, Antoine Reicha and Daniel Steibelt.

Perhaps the hardest ticket of the festival will be two semi-staged
performances of Fidelio, with a cast that includes Tina Kiberg as
Leonora, and tenors Robert Gambill and Eric Cutler as Florestan
and Jacquino. Veteran bass Paul Plishka will appear as Rocco. Given
the notable success of last year’s performances of Wagner’s The Fly¬
ing Dutchman, this should be another exciting chance to hear MTT
conducting opera.

Another special highlight of Beethoven’s Vienna: Scenes from a
Musical Revolution will be two performances of A Beethoven Journey,
offering choral works featuring the SFS Chorus and an appearance
by pianist Anton Nel, in recital before the concert proper.

Other notable pianists included in festival programs are Jean-
Yves Thibaudet, Jon Nakamatsu and Garrick Ohlsson. The
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 is scheduled along with Ladislav
Dussek’s Piano Concerto in D minor.

A number of pre-concert events will be free to ticket-holders,
including recitals and discussions with MTT and other artists. The
Symphony No. 3 Eroica is considered the seminal work propelling
the entire festival, and it will be performed twice.

I remember having one of those “desert island” conversations
with a friend who said, “Mozart and Bach are genius, but Beethoven
moves me.” My sentiments exactly, and I am eagerly looking for¬
ward to visiting Beethoven’s Vienna. More information is available
online at the Symphony’s excellent website, sfsymphony.org. ▼

Celebrating

Beethoven

Many happy returns

MTT is back on the podium at Davies Hall

score with mind-boggling assur¬
ance.

Of course, this is music tailor-
made for MTT as well. Complex,
urbane and full of good melodies,
the Symphony Concerto allowed
the conductor his own fair share
of attention. He would never up¬
stage his soloist, but the brilliant
support of the orchestra certainly
gave Harrell the necessary frame¬
work, and the results were
thrilling.

The evening began with a scin¬
tillating “Rondes des printemps”
from Debussy’s Images pour or-
chestre and concluded with a par¬
ticularly lithe, theatrical interpre¬
tation of Cesar Franck’s Sympho¬
ny in D minor.

Franck is usually considered a
one-hit wonder, and the Sympho¬
ny is undoubtedly the most well-
known of his compositions, but
he was a remarkable orchestral
writer with some fine tone-poems
and choral works to his credit.

Tilson Thomas is clearly in
sync with the dramatic elements
of the Symphony, and his careful
molding of the sonorous melodies
(big memorable tunes they are)
served as a reminder of the com¬
poser’s reputation as a gifted or¬
ganist. The music welled up and
expanded to powerful effect, and
the generally fast pace flowed to a
magnificent conclusion.

The audience gave Harrell a
standing ovation, and he deserved
one. The response to MTT’s tri¬
umph was equally enthusiastic,

by Philip Campbell

fter a fortnight of tranquil-
izing concerts that plodded
their way through the glo¬
ries of J.S. Bach, Michael Tilson
Thomas returned to the podium
at Davies Hall last week to bring
some much-needed interest and
energy back to the slumping Sym¬
phony season.

His presence is always invigo¬
rating, but after the recent disap¬
pointment of Vance George’s Bach
Mass in B minor, the need for an
MTT adrenaline rush was becom¬
ing critical. With the Beethoven
Festival right around the corner,
it’s encouraging to see him back,
leading the orchestra with all his
customary flair.

Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s drowsy
arrangement and recent perfor¬
mances of Bach’s Goldberg Varia¬
tions were frustrating enough, but
the unexpected mishandling of
the Mass in B minor by veteran
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Director Vance George was down¬
right dispiriting.

With 20 years under his belt,
George has proved himself count¬
less times as one of the great
choral leaders in the country. The
failure of his Bach interpretation
to cohere or inspire can only be
counted as a minor incident in a
brilliant career.

Unsurprisingly, the choral
episodes buoyed up an otherwise
lethargic performance, and the
contributions from tenor James
Taylor, making his SFS debut,
were also helpful. The other
soloists were merely adequate, and

the orchestra could only dutifully
follow George’s blurry beat.

Gifted guest

What a relief, then, to savor a
typically high-octane concert with
MTT and a spectacularly gifted
guest artist. The repertoire was
beautifully balanced, with both
the fresh and more familiar given
equal intensity. The central selec¬
tion, Prokofiev’s Sinfonia concer-
tante for Cello and Orchestra, was
especially magical.

Harrell shows artistry and passion.

Lynn Harrell’s illustrious ca¬
reer has never propelled him into
the kind of superstardom enjoyed
by Yo-Yo Ma, but his artistry and
passion are nonetheless impres¬
sive. Looking newly trim and ge¬
nially focused, he tore into
Prokofiev’s daunting but lyrical

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Under attack

L ately I’ve been forced to meditate on what’s happening to our
hard-pressed artist/renter community. Once again (still) it’s
being sacked by the red-hot real-estate market and landlords
eager to evict long-tem, well-behaved tenants in favor of haughtily
prosperous, newly arrived homebuyers — very often gay — who
don’t mind booting low-income artists, people with AIDS, elders,
and others in order to live the high life in this emerald city.

Though we have the best citizens in the world inhabiting San
Francisco, we’ve also got scalpers ready and willing to plunder the
underclass — the struggling artists, the working poor, those grap¬
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grid as possible, all vital to a balanced social ecology. Renters are
suffering, in large part because of shortsighted public policy, the
greed of developers, the complacence of a fat and happy citizenry,
and a cold, war-like belligerence on the part of property owners.

My dear friends Eric Larson and Mitcho Thompson and twelve
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natured with a Midwestern work ethic. His long-term partner
Mitcho is famous for having developed ingenius art programs for
LYRIC’s queer youth, helping them to come out with dignity and
creativity as they mature into responsible citizens. He’s been a force
for good and should be lionized as a hero, not tossed to the lions.

Elsewhere in the Castro, over by Collingwood Park, beloved
local celebrity Gina Hall recently had her rental home raided by
cops, who busted her for selling pot, though she’s an old-school
hippy and everyone knows it. She hurts no one! For chrissakes she’s
the girlfriend of famed Parliament Funkadelic musician George
Clinton! Hall’s richly hippyish abode is hung throughout with his
paintings. Even Gina’s rascly little pet, AtomicDawg, is a celebrity
with his own website ( www.atomicdawg.com/funk.html ). It’s as
though the cops suddenly decided to wipe out the last vestiges of
Harvey Milk’s revered hippy culture in the Castro.

The ultimate offense is that Tibetan bell maestro Karma Moffett
is being tossed from his long term temple-dwelling in the Castro,
at 3895 18th St., where many a spiritual sojourner has gone for
respite from disco. This is sad, sad news indeed. This kind of sack¬
ing of the artistic underclass should not be tolerated even by the
listless gay fatcats who primp in front of their dressing room mir¬
rors, priding themselves on being bitches, not caring as they tear
the town’s social fabric apart. Sad are politicians who coddle them.

We should be listening to our most progressive politicians on
the matter, to our own over-maligned, under-appreciated super¬
hero Tom Ammiano, and his old buddy on the Board of Supes, the
near mayor Matt Gonzalez. We should return to old-school values
of caring for our neighbors, community, and the fabulously diverse,
wonderfully multicultural, infinitely magical place we inhabit. T

Fri 14

A Pinter/Albee Duet
@ Theatre Rhinoceros

Theatre Rhinoceros presents the World Pre¬
miere One-Act Combination: "A
Pinter/Albee Duet," comprised of The Col¬
lection by Harold Pinter and The Zoo Story
by Edward Albee, both directed by Neal H.
Shorstein. A sexual roundelay in the swing¬
ing-sixties London, The Collection touches
on all sexual proclivities in a tale of wife-
and husband-swapping. The Zoo Story shifts
the focus to Central Park, where a young
man is confronted by the horrors of loneli¬
ness and isolation in the person of a myste¬
rious stranger. Featuring Tim Hendrixson,
star of last season's Stranger in Paradox,
Megan Biolchini, star of NCTC's Last Sun¬
day in June, Ross Pasquale from Impact
Theater's Queer Theory, and Nick Sholley,
star of the hit play Dooley. $15-$30. 8pm
Thu.-Sat.; 3pm Sun. Thru May 30. The
Rhino, 2926 16th St. Tix/info: 415-861-
5079; www.therhino.org

Dirty Blonde @ NCTC

The New Conservatory Theatre Center
(NCTC) presents the romantic comedy Dirty
Blonde by Claudia Shear, directed by Doyle
Ott. Conceived by Shear and James Lapine.
It's a touching comedy about Jo and Char¬
lie, two New York loners-turned-lovers who
learn to accept themselves through their
mutual obsession with the voluptuous film
and stage icon Mae West. $18-$28. Runs
thru June 26, Wed-Sat. @ 8pm & Sundays,
May 16, 23 & 30 at 2pm. NCTC, 25 Van
Ness Ave. (near Market). Tix: 415-861-
8972; www.nctcsf.org

Joan Schirle’s
Second Skin @ Brava

Brava! for Women in the Arts and Del-
I'Arte present Second Skin - using the
magic of masks and the wit and talent of a
master performer to transport the audience
on an all-soul's journey to the threshold of
the afterlife. Created and performed by
Joan Schirle, Dell'Arte's co-artistic direc¬
tor. In a series of virtuoso transformations
in this solo mask production, Schirle intro¬
duces the audience to a group of 15 distinct
. characters, all connected to a young woman
who believe she possess the living soul of
Marilyn Monroe. $18 & $22 ($4 discount
for students, seniors and disabled). 8pm Fri.
& Sat., May 14 & 15. Brava Theater Cen¬
ter, 2789 24th St. (at 24th & York sts.).
Tix at BRAVA Box Office 415/ 647-2822;
www.braya.org.

Hair spray

@ Golden Gate Theatre

Best of Broadway presents Hairspray, di¬
rected by Jack O'Brien, with music by Marc
Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott
Wittman, book by Mark O'Donnell and
Thomas Meehan, and choreography by
Jerry Mitchell. Set in 1962 Baltimore,
Hairspray tells the story of Tracy Turnblad
(Bruce Vilanche), a big girl with big hair
and an even bigger heart, with only one pas¬
sion — to dance! $36-$78. 8pm. Wed.-
Sat.; 2pm Thu. & Sat. matinees; 2pm &
7:30pm Sun. Show runs thru July 3. Golden
Gate Theatre, 1 Taylor St. (at Market). Tix:
415-512-7770. Info: 415-551-2000; be-
stofbroadway-sf.com; hairsprayontour.com

Funny Girlz
@ Herbst Theatre

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy Presents “The
6th Annual Funny Girlz: A Smorgasbord Of
Women's Humor." Come laugh in the aisles
with Comedy Central & Tonight Show veter¬
an (Last Comic Standing II), Kathleen
Madigan; Side-splitting African American
lesbian comic, Karen Williams; LA
Writer/Comedian, Page Hurwitz; Native
San Franciscan/Ethiopian-American, Yayne
Abeba (Last Comic Standing II); Cuban-
Irish-American drag queen Coco Lopez; and
your short Jewish lesbian hostess, Lisa
Geduldig. Partial proceeds benefit The Na¬
tional Center for Lesbian Rights. $20 &

$25. Reserved Seating. 8pm. Herbst The¬
atre, 401 Van Ness Ave. @ McAllister. Tix:
City Box Office, 415-392-4400; www.city-
boxoffice.com. Info: 415-522-3737;
www.koshercqmedy.com

HIV+ Weekend Retreat
in Marin County

Marin Life PLUS, a program at Marin
AIDS Project, presents: "Keeping Strong
Keeping Together: Building A Community
Stronger Than HIV," a retreat designed for
everyone, whether a long-term survivor,
newly positive, or someone from the greater
community affected by HIV/AIDS. Presen¬
ters from around California will offer 15
different interactive workshops and presen¬
tations throughout the weekend, with med¬
ical and complimentary treatment updates,
an HIV+ women's forum, art therapy, and
dating with HIV, to name a few. The 43-

acre retreat facility on Mt. Tamalpais in
Mill Valley is just 20 minutes from down¬
town San Rafael. Info: 415-457-2487, ext
118.

Screwup @ EROS

Screwup is a pangendered BDSM group for
trans people,genderqueers and their friends.
Tonight's topic: "BDSM on a Budget."
Meets on the second Friday of the month.
Info: email kithology_screwup@ya-
hoogroups.com, or screwup_sf@yahoo.com.
Surf: screwup.tribe.net

The Sunday Crew
@ The Transfer

Opening reception: "The Sunday Crew," a
photography and mixed media art exhibit
with works by Alissa Anderson, Erin Ash,
Jennifer McKay, Mandi Runyan, Heather
Renee Russ, and Lindsey Zimmerman. Free.
9pm-2am. 21+w/ID. 198 Church St. Info:
415-861-7499; mittenmaker@hotmail.com

Radical Women
@ New Valencia Hall

Bay Area Radical Women present a "Re-
portback on the March for Women's
Lives." Participants in the Revolutionary
Feminist Contingent will share highlights
from this national reproductive rights demo
in Washington, D.C. Optional dinner (with
vegetarian option) served at 6:15pm for a
$6.50 donation. 7:30pm. 1908 Mission St.
(at 15th). Info: 415-864-1278.

Southern Baptist Sissies
@ NCTC

Opening night: The New Conservatory The¬
atre Center presents the Bay Area premiere
of Del Shores' comedy/drama Southern
Baptist Sissies, directed by Clay David. The
play is an exploration into the lives of four
Texas gay men raised in the Baptist Church.
Sissies is set in various Dallas locations
over several years. We first see Mark, TJ,
Benny, and Andrew as young members of
the church choir, singing its hymns, listen¬
ing to the hell and brimstone sermons of the
preacher and watching the pious devotion of
their mothers. Taught to view their own de¬
sires as an "abomination," the youths cope
with their emerging sexualities in different
ways. The story evolves as the four young
men battle between their fear of damnation
and their true sense of sexual identity. The
characters also include a pair of boozy
barflies given to folksy pronouncements
about life in general and sex in particular.
Director Clay David is Professor and Dept.
Chair of Drama at Contra Costa College in
San Pablo, among other positions. $18-
$28. Wed.-Sat. at 8pm; Sun. at 20m. June
10 performance captioned for the hearing
impaired. NCTC, 25 Van Ness Ave. (near
Market St.). Tix/info: 415-861-8972; .

www.nctcsf.org

Voices’ Sweet Sixteen
@ Metropolitan Community
Church

Voices Lesbian Choral Ensemble, under the
direction of Yulia Ronskaya, presents
"Sweet Sixteen," a spring concert to cele¬
brate our 16th anniversary. Featuring
music of many genres, including folk, jazz,
classical and pop. Founded in 1988, Voices
strives to reflect the diversity within the les¬
bian community and is dedicated to social
change that overcomes oppression in all its
forms. Voices' first CD, Everything Possi¬
ble, was released in the spring of 2002 and
will be available at the event, and at Boade-
cia's Books in Kensington (398 Colusa
Ave.) and Modern Times Bookstore (888
Valencia St.) in SF. MCC-SF is a wheel¬
chair-accessible space. This is a scent-free
event (please no perfumes/colognes, etc).

$10 adv; $12 door; $8 student/senior;
under-10 free). 8pm. MCC-SF, 150 Eureka
St. (btwn 18th & 19th). Tix/info: 510-486-
8984; www.lesbian.org/voices

SF Dyke March Exhibit
@ Hormel Center, Main
Library

Opening: Photographers Jane Cleland and
Cathy Cade unveil their expansive exhibi¬
tion, The San Francisco Dyke March: Pho¬
tos by Jane Cleland and Cathy Cade. From
politics and poetry in Dolores Park to the
march through the Mission and dancing in
the Castro, experience the joy and power of
the Dyke March, 1993-2003, through the
photographs of two of the City's leading ac¬
tivist photographers. Also included: a 15-
minute video of participants talking about
what the Dyke March means to them, and
assorted artifacts such as T-shirts, signs
and banners. Exhibition from, through July
15. Main Library, Third Floor, James C.
Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, 100
Larkin St. (at Grove).

Joan Schirle stars in Second Skin
at the Brava Theater Center. See
Friday.

Stephen Kent’s Didjeridu
Dreamtime
@ Randal! Theater

The Randall Museum Theater, in collabora¬
tion with Young Audiences of the Bay Area,
presents renowned multi-instrumentalist,
composer and master didjeridu player
Stephen Kent, who learned didjeridu among
the Aborigines in Australia. $6 adults; $3
kids ages 2-12 (free for babes in arms),
lpm. 199 Museum Way (off Roosevelt,
above Castro & 14th streets). Info: 415-
554-9600; www.randallmuseum.org

Other Cinema @ ATA Gallery

Other Cinema rolls out the first part of a
two-week suite, H0B0/B0H0. Tonight:
"Outlaw Nomadology," all about living off
the grid (and the land). Bill Daniel will park
his custom-built "Sailvan" curbside outside
of ATA; inside the "chart room" is a two
monitor installation, while 16mm projec¬
tions play across the gaff-rigged sheets
above for all the Mission to see. Inside ATA:
Daniel's Sou/'s Harbor surveys loners and
losers, libertarians and squatters and va¬
grants living on the margins down by the
water. Plus Dan Leighton's 50-min. Wed¬
ding Train, a hand-held, no-holds-barred
hell-ride with gutter-punks hopping freights
cross-country. $5. ATA Gallery, 992 Valen-
-cia St. Info: 415-824-3890; www.othercin-
ema.com

What’s Up Doc?

@ Dolores Park

Outdoor movie screening: The SF Neighbor¬
hood Theater Foundation, in conjunction
with local residents and merchants, will
host a first-of-its-kind outdoor screening of
the 1972 screwball comedy classic What's
Up Doc? starring Barbra Streisand and
Ryan O'Neal. Previews, including a show¬
case of trailers from movies produced by
SF-based filmmakers, will begin at 8pm,
followed by the feature screening at about
8:30pm. Popcorn & refreshments available
for sale. Bring blankets and other comforts
for lawn seating. $5 donation encouraged;
any proceeds benefit the SF Neighborhood
Theater Foundation and Save the New Mis¬
sion. The film will be screened in the park
at Dolores and 19th Streets. Info: 415-465-
FILM; www.sfneighborhoodtheater.org

May Mahj Madness @
Congregation Sha’ar Zahav

Congregation Sha'ar Zahav hosts "May
Mahj Madness," a Queer Jewish Mah-
Jongg Night. $36 gen'l; $25 CSZ members.
7:30pm-midnight. 290 Dolores St. (at
16th). Sign-up: Melanie at 415-861-6932;
email mkushnir@shaarzahav.org

Particles @ Sweet’s
Ballroom, Oakland

The Cloud Factory Design Collective pre¬
sents "Particles: Articles of Party Art 6th
Annual Fashion Performance for the Fabu¬
lous", the Collective's 6th annual spring
fashion performance extravaganza, featur¬
ing party wear to get you noticed. You'll
find the right outfit to impress any crowd
with nihilistic bondage gear, opera hats,
and a Chia Pet wedding gown. A post-rave
fashion experience. $12 advance; $12-$20
sliding at door. Doors open at 8 pm, perfor¬
mance at 9 pm; party and sample sale to
follow. 21+w/ID. Historic Sweet's Ball¬
room, 1933.Broadway, Downtown Oakland.
Tix/info: 415.281.9432; www.cfdesign.net

Camper Van
Beethoven/Cracker
@ The Warfield

The Warfield comes alive with the famous
underground sound of Camper Van
Beethoven in one of their rare public perfor¬
mances. This legendary band will be sharing
the stage with Cracker, continuing their
long relationship. $25. Doors 7pm; show
8pm. Tix: 415-775-7722 or 415-775-
7723. Box Office opens 1-1/2 hours prior to
showtime. Info: 415-775-9949.

The 20th Annual SF AIDS
Candlelight Vigil

The San Francisco AIDS Candlelight Vigil
begins with a process from intersection of

13 May 2004 BAY AREA REPORTER 35

Market and Castro Streets at 8pm, followed
by a short program of speeches, music, per¬
formance art and remembrances in Civic
Center. The vigil began in San Francisco
and New York in 1983 and was led and or¬
ganized by people with AIDS to publicly
empower themselves and honor those who
had died. In April 2000, the Clinton admin¬
istration declared AIDS a national and
global security threat. AIDS has become a
global pandemic due to homophobia and
fear mongering by politicians. A lack of
honest dialogue, poverty amid obscene af¬
fluence and empty promises has sealed the
coffins of millions throughout the world fu¬
eled by a lack of morals or vision from the
Bush administration. Silence equals death.
Free (donations welcome). Gather 8pm at
Castro & Market Streets. Bring friends &
candles. Info: AIDSCandlelightVigil.org

Bay to Breakers

Wear your wildest running drag for "Al¬
bertsons Bay to Breakers," the 93rd Annu¬
al Running through the streets of San Fran¬
cisco. The 7.46 mile/12K course starts at
Howard & Spear streets near the Bay front,
runs through the heart of The City, and fin¬
ishes at the breakers of the Pacific Ocean at
the Great Highway along Ocean Beach.

Adult registration: $34.50 to May 12; $40
at The Greater Body Expo, May 14 & 15,
at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Info: 415-
359-2800; baytobreakers@examiner.com

SF Prime Timers
@ Unitarian Church

San Francisco Prime Timers, the former
G40+ Club, invites everyone to help cele¬
brate club vice-president Carlos Delgado's
81st birthday! To honor this event, he is
throwing himself a party with food and a
special cake for all the May birthdays. Car¬
los requests no gifts, please. There will be
ho speaker today, just time to schmooze and
enjoy the food and company. Donations for
Project Open Hand collected. 2-4pm. First
Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187
Franklin (at Geary). Info: 415-552-1997.

Patrick Califia
@ Borderlands Books

Reading and signing with Patrick Califia,
author of Mortal Companion. Among many
other things, Califia is a licensed marriage
and family therapist and prolific author of
essays, fiction and poetry, including Macho
Sluts, No Mercy, Public Sex, and Speaking
Sex to Power. Now he turns his pen to vam¬
pires in an erotic tale of loneliness, love, se¬
duction and revenge. Free. 2pm. 866 Valen¬
cia St. (btwn 19th/20th). Info: 415-824-
8203; www.borderlands-books.com

Mon 17

Earplay @ YBCA Forum

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents
"Earplay: New Chamber Music," featuring
"At the Kansas City Chinese New Year
Concert" by Chen Yi (West Coast Pre¬
miere); "Ar Trebui (We Should)" by Igor
lachimciuc (2002); iris by Joao Pedro
Oliveira (U S. Premiere); and "Narcissus"
by Thea Musgrave (1987). With Mary
Chun, conductor. Prizes & surprises. $18
gen'l; $12 members/students. Pre-concert
talk at 7:15pm; show at 8pm. YBCA
Forum, 701 Mission St. Tix/info: 415-978-
ARTS (2787); www.yerbabuenaarts.org

Kamala Harris
@ Commonwealth Club

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala
Harris joins in conversation with Jeffrey
Brand, Professor & Dean, University of San
Francisco School of Law. San Francisco's

first female district attorney, Kamala Har¬
ris, pledged improvements in combating vi¬
olent crime, improving the juvenile justice
system and cultivating a more professional
D.A.'s office during her campaign. Harris
will address her progress in meeting these
and other pressing city issues. This is the
final of three programs spotlighting San
Francisco's new generation of political
leaders. $15 for Members, $30 for Non¬
members. 6pm Check-in; 6:30pm Program;
7:30pm Reception. Club Office, 595 Market
St, 2nd floor. Reservations: 415-597-6705.

Patti LuPone
@ The Plush Room

The Center and the Empire Plush Room
present a Special Performance by Patti
LuPone to benefit the San Francisco Les¬
bian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community
Center. Come experience the great music
diva and benefit the Center and its many
programs benefiting the community. Special
ticket prices: $100 (Patti LuPone in an inti¬
mate cabaret debut; Champagne toast; Hors
d'oeuvres; A gift bag) & $300 (LuPone con¬
cert; Reserved seating; Champagne toast;
Hors d'oeuvres; premium gift bag; private
reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres at
the Clift Hotel with LuPone; Transportation
to and from the York and Clift Hotels for
the reception). Doors open at 7 PM; show
at 8 PM. Tix: 415 885-2800; www.plush-
room.com

David Leavitt
@ ACWLP for Books

Reading and book-signing by renowned au¬
thor David Leavitt (The Lost Language of
Cranes) of his latest novel, The Body of
Jonah Boyd. One memorable Thanksgiving
changes the lives of everyone in a university
family. Says the publisher: "Hilarious and
scorching, David Leavitt's first novel in four
years is a tribute to the power of home, the
lure of success, the mystery of originality,
and, above all, the sisterhood of secre¬
taries." Free. 7pm. A Clean Well-Lighted
Place for Books, 601 Van Ness Ave. (at
Opera Plaza). Info: 415-441-6670;
www.bookstore.com

Smack Dab @ Magnet

"Smack Dab," an open mic hosted by Kirk
Read and Larry-Bob Roberts. Bring five
minutes of words, music, comedy or miscel¬
lany. All ages and genders welcomed. Fea¬
tured readers: Jim Provenzano
( www.sportscomplex.org ), author of two
novels, four plays, 20 short stories, and
more than 800 news and arts articles.

PINS, his 1999 debut novel about gay high
school wrestlers, was adapted for the stage
and debuted at NCTC. His second novel,
Monkey Suits, was published in 2003, and
his column, "Sports Complex," which origi¬
nated in the BAR, is now nationally syndi¬
cated. Lori Selke is the editor of Tough
Girls: Down and Dirty Dyke Erotica, which
was nominated for a Lambda Literary
Award. She also publishes a small zine
called Problem Child for literature which
refuses to behave. Her writing has appeared
in Girlfriends Magazine, Best Lesbian Erot¬
ica, Best Bisexual Erotica, Best S/M Eroti¬
ca, and a lot of other groovy books and
zines. Free. 7:30 Sign-Up, show starts at
8pm. Magnet, 4122 18th St. (btwn Castro
& Collingwood). Info: www.magnetsf.org

Bourgeois @ Venue 9

Venue 9 celebrates the end of an era with
"Bourgeois," an evening of dance, music
and drag performance. Featuring choreog¬
rapher Joe Landini's "4 Stories," a con¬
temporary meditation on popular culture
and the influence of modern technology, and
Trauma Flintstone's "Femmisphere: Songs
in the Key of Angst," a cabaret of drag
show with special guest Tom Orr ( Dirty Lit¬

tle Show Tunes). $10. 8pm. Runs Wednes¬
days, May 5,12, 19 & 26. Venue 9, 252
Ninth St. (at Folsom). Info: 885-4006;
www.bourgeois.homestead.com

Street Festivals of SF
@ Main Library

Opening reception: Photographers Hiromi
Oda and Kieran Ridge capture the diversity
and dynamism of the "Street Festivals of
San Francisco," an exhibition showcasing
13 festivals including Chinese New Year,
Saint Patrick's Day, Cherry Blossom, Car¬
nival, Juneteenth, Dyke March, Gay Pride,
Bastille Day, Fillmore Street Jazz, Folsom
Street Fair, Halloween in the Castro, and
Day of the Dead. For the opening, Colm
O'Riain, maestro of the traditional Irish fid¬
dle, will lead a multicultural music ensem¬
ble in a mini concert. Free. 6pm. Main Li¬
brary, Koret Auditorium, lower level. Info:
Catherine King, curator 415-557-4211.

Alix Olson @ New College

"America's favorite lesbian slam poet,"

Alix Olson, is making waves. In just the past
six months she's been featured on HBO's
DefJam Poetry, the Progressive magazine
and featured on Utne Reader's InRadio CD.
$10. 7pm. New College Cultural Center,

111 Valencia St. (btwn 18th & 19th).
Tix/info: 415-298-5573 or 510-208-1708.
(Olson also appears on May 20 at the Oak¬
land Box Theatre, 1928 Telegraph Ave.
Oakland. Info: 510-451-1932; www.oak-
landbox.com)

Job Fair II @ The Center

The SF LGBT Community Center presents
"Job Fair II: the second in a series for
2004, will spotlight Real Estate, Mortgage
Lending, Title and Escrow, Healthcare, Life
Sciences, Pharmaceutical and a variety of
other industries. Both entry-level and expe¬
rienced positions available. For job seekers
to discover the Center as a resource for
their career development needs and for em¬
ployers to partner with the Center to devel¬
op and maintain a diverse workplace. Noon-
4pm. SF LGBT Community Center, 1800
Market St. (at Octavia). Info: www.sfcen-
ter.org

Strictly Sondheim
@ Randall Theater

The Young People's Teen Musical Theatre
Company presents Strictly Sondheim, a
tribute in music and dance to Stephen
Sondheim, directed by Diane Price. A scin¬
tillating sampling of Sondheim standards
from a selection of well-known and little-
known shows. 8pm Thu-Sat, May 20-22;
2pm Sun, May 23. $7-$9 at door. For ages
8 and up. Randall Museum Theater, 199
Museum Way. Info: 415-554-9523.

Ninsho Kakinuma
@ Tinhorn Press/Gallery

Opening reception: Japanese zen priest,
artist and Beat-generation afficianado, Nin¬
sho Kakinuma, will be working with master
printer John Gruenwald for several days in
May. The fruits of that collaboration, in¬
cluding etchings, stone lithographs and
monotypes, will premiere tonight, along
with other recent works by Ninsho. Free. 6-
9pm. 511 Laguna St. Info: 415-621-1292;
www.tinhorngallery.com

Levendar Seniors
of the East Bay

"Lavendar Lunch," a catered lunch hosted
by Lavendar Seniors of the East Bay, open
to residents of the East Bay and Western
Contra Costa County. 12:30-2:30pm. Lake¬
side Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue,
Oakland. Info: 510-667-9655.

Situaesthetic music
@ Off-Market Theater

A night of acoustic, electronic, electric,
electro-video, and situaesthetic music. Jeff
Lubow will use performance software to
create a real-time composition. Elise Bald¬
win's piece is about collective memory and
accessing histories. Joel Pickard will play
pedal steel guitar differently. Matt Volla's
tennisMusic, based on the 2003 Wimbledon
Women's Final tennis match between Venus
and Serena Williams, is composed by relat¬
ing where the ball bounced on the horizon¬
tal tennis court to a vertical division of
pitches. Eric Roth's Music for 2 Floor Toms
is a meditation on irregularly shifting com¬
plex monotony. $10. 8pm. 965 Mission at
Fifth St. Tix/info: 415-896-6477;
www.cafearts.com

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' Hairspra / mostly holds up on tour

by Richard Dodds

O ne of the trickier situations
for a theater reviewer is de¬
ciding how much memories
of a Broadway production should
weigh into opinions about its
touring facsimile. After all, most
audiences won’t have seen the
original, so isn’t any disappoint-,
ment for those who can compare
the original and the copy irrele¬
vant to those experiencing, and
enjoying, the show for the first
time?

The show provoking these mus-
ings is Hairspray, and it’s hard to
imagine anyone not thoroughly
enjoying the production now at the
Golden Gate Theatre. But even
those with no prior exposure to the
musical may sense that at least one
of the critical components isn’t
quite what it should be. I’m sorry
to say its name is Bruce Vilanch.

It may seem strange to talk
about gravitas in a role created on
screen by Divine, but Vilanch’s
amiable performance doesn’t pro¬
vide one of the key anchors that
can make the musical a non-stop
high. That he’s not Harvey Fier-

stein, who played Edna Turnblad
on Broadway, isn’t the issue. It’s
that Vilanch, a comedy writer and
occasional actor, really doesn’t have
the performing skills to help drive
a high-octane vehicle like this.

But even with one engine sput¬
tering, Hairspray flies higher than
most musicals dare even to dream.
Vilanch shares star billing with
Keala Settle, who plays Edna’s
daughter Tracy with skill, passion,
and enough empathy to let you
get a look beyond the primary col¬
ors of the show’s veneer. Amaz¬
ingly, this is Settle’s first profes¬
sional job, which only recently be¬
came full-time when the tour’s
original Tracy moved to Broadway
and Settle was promoted from her
standby role.

Based on John Waters’ 1988
movie Hairspray, Mark O’Donnell
and Thomas Meehan’s book fol¬
lows the adventures of the over¬
weight, always-optimistic Tracy
Turnblad in early-1960s Baltimore.
More than anything, she wants to
be one of the regular teen dancers
on a local American Bandstand-
type show, and maybe get to dance
with dreamboat Link Larkin. But
her innocent quest leads her into

scary places before all is bright sun¬
shine, and even racial harmony, by
the final curtain.

Dancing, of course, is a big
part of the proceedings, and the
touring ensemble puts across
choreographer Jerry Mitchell’s
happy steps with astonishing en¬
ergy. This is especially true of
Austin Miller, who, as Link, looks
to be possessed by the muse Terp¬
sichore whenever the music starts.

For the score, songwriters
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
created infectiously joyous songs
rooted in various pop sounds of
the ’60s, but that possess full-
throttle theatricality and even dol¬
lops of heart beneath the pastiche.

The set for this tour looks a bit
flimsy, but this is one show that
doesn’t need to lean on scenic de¬
vices to provide the wow factor.
Hairspray is a feel-good musical
that even makes you feel good
about the way you feel good. ▼

Hairspray will run at the Golden
Gate Theatre through July 3.
Tickets are $39-$81. Call 512-
7770 or go to bestofbroadway-
sf.com.

‘Girlz’ just wanna have fun

Tunny Girlz' returns to the Herbst Theatre

issues and being a lesbian mom,”
she says.

“A lot of young dykes want to
know how I had three children. I
tell them, ‘I fell asleep three times,
and when I woke up they were
there.’”

The New York native moved to
the Bay Area in 1980 and made
her standup debut at Oakland’s
Hegenberger Inn, “to mostly ta¬
bles, chairs and a few drunks.”
While Williams was performing at
the women’s bar Ollie’s in Oak¬
land, Marga Gomez convinced her
to perform at her first of many SF
Gay Pride festivals.

In addition to performing at
many national venues, Williams is
now a fixture at Human Rights
Campaign fundraisers. “I did an
HRC fundraiser in San Antonio
for 2,000 white guys,” she says. “If
we’re separated as a community,
it’s by race. This country is segre¬
gated, and you see that in the
LGBT community.”

Williams believes that to win

Comic Karen Williams: landed.

the battle for gay marriage, the
community needs to extend itself
beyond racial lines. “I’m primari¬
ly a human rights activist as well
as an LGBT activist,” she says, cit¬
ing her Buddhist principles of
compassion for all living beings.
“If you want people to care about
your issues, you need to extend
your concern to others.”

Combining compassion with
comedy, Williams founded Cleve¬
land’s International Institute of
Humor and Healing Arts (the
HAHA Institute). Along with

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Williams, who has been an out
lesbian comic for the past 20
years, as she was getting her land
legs back after performing on a
Club Med cruise. Although she
got her comedy start in the Bay
Area, Williams has lived in Cleve¬
land since ’92.

“I live like a queen here,” she
says of Ohio. “I love the Bay Area,
but I got tired of living with three
other women and sharing a bath¬
room.” Now that the youngest of
her three sons has moved out on
his own, Williams has more than
just a bathroom to herself.

“I refuse to call it an empty
nest because I don’t need anoth¬
er syndrome, but it’s the first
time I’ve lived alone in 33 years,”
she says. “It’s like living in a li¬
brary.”

Williams’ comedy material has
evolved with her life. “When
you’re young it starts out as ‘me,
me, me,’ but over the years I’ve be¬
come more aware of the world
around me, talking about LGBT

by Adam Sandel

T he 6th annual edition of
Funny Girlz: A Smorgasbord
of Womens Humor rolls into
the Herbst Theatre on Saturday
night. This year’s show features na¬
tionally renowned comics Kath¬
leen Madigan, Karen Williams and
Page Hurwitz, local favorite Yayne
Abeba and the fabulously faux girl
Coco Lopez. The evening is host¬
ed and produced by comedy en-
trepreneuse Lisa Geduldig.

This year’s lineup boasts a
bounty of A-list credits. Madigan
has starred in her own Comedy
Central and HBO comedy specials
and has appeared on The Tonight
Show, David Letterman, Conan
O’Brien, Hollywood Squares, Polit¬

ically Incorrect, Comic Relief, and
HBO’s Women of the Night.

The LA-based Hurwitz began
her comedy career in San Francis¬
co and has gone on to perform at
various clubs, colleges and the
Montreal Just for Laughs and Toy¬
ota Comedy festivals. Abeba, a San
Francisco native of Ethiopian de¬
scent, won the 2002 Russian River
Comedy Competition and will
appear in this year’s Last Comic
Standing Two on NBC.

Lopez, the most fabulous
Cuban exile in the capitalist
world, is channeled by gay Cuban-
Irish comic Ray Ferrer, a New York
exile who currently shares closet
space with Coco in San Francisco.

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Rita Moreno takes on a diva

In Berkeley Rep's 'Master Class / she plays Maria Callas

by Richard Dodds

R ita Moreno didn’t get
around to reading Master
Class until two weeks be¬
fore rehearsals began for the
Berkeley Rep production. “I al¬
most wet my knickers when I saw
how much dialogue there was,”
she said. “It wasn’t laziness. I just
had so many other things going
on.”

At age 72, and despite a move
to the quiet of the Berkeley hills
six years ago, Moreno still enjoys
loading up her plate with work. It
is that busy schedule that has kept
her from appearing at Berkeley
Rep up ’til now, despite her com¬
mitment to do a show shortly
after she and her retired-doctor
husband arrived in the area.

Durrenmatt’s The Visit and
Chekhov’s The Seagull were ideas
that came and went before the
right time meshed with the right
property. In Master Class, Moreno
plays an imperious Maria Callas
working with voice students at
Juilliard while her mind drifts into
reveries about romantic and pro¬
fessional crises.

“There are traps in this role,”
Moreno said during a break in re¬
hearsals. “Yes, it’s a diva, but if you
just come out there and do a lot of
what I call voice acting, being very
haughty and that kind of stuff,
there is so much that you’ll miss.”

It’s not the first time Moreno
has faced the challenges of a diva
role. “I played Norma Desmond in
Sunset Boulevard in London, and
that’s anotrfer trappy role. You can
come out doing Carol Burnett
with a curtain rod on her shoul¬
ders. I remember being very con¬
cerned thajytwas going to be asked
to be that big and broad from the
very beginning, and if you are,
where do you go from there?”

Terrence McNally based his
Callas play on an actual series of
master classes she gave at Juilliard
in the early 1970s, after she had
been fired from La Scala and
dumped by Aristotle Onassis.
“She’s a heartbreaking woman,”
Moreno said. “She was
also not the nicest
woman in the world.

That’s what’s so fun and
challenging. You have to
find her humanity,
which is what keeps you
out of the diva trap.”

Did Moreno herself
ever go through a
diva phase? “Oh,

God, no,” she said.

“That is so unlike
me. Even when I was
being young and stupid, I was al¬
ways a generous person. I hope
that doesn’t sound like boasting,
because it’s a nice trait to have.”

Still, Moreno said, she can rec¬
ognize pieces of herself in Callas.
“The difference is that I don’t give
in to her impulses. Sometimes you
do want to say, ‘Move over, world.
Here’s Rita Moreno.’ But I control
that. I’m a mature person. I don’t
think Maria ever really matured.”

Although Moreno has never
seen a live production of Master
Class, she did watch part of a tape
of the original Broadway produc¬
tion that starred Zoe Caldwell.
Even from that limited exposure,
she is convinced that director
Moises Kaufman ( The Laramie
Project) is putting his own stamp
on it. “You are going to be stag¬
gered,” she said. “You will be ab¬
solutely stunned. I know what I’m
talking about.”

Right now, Moreno is ab¬
solutely exhausted. “I don’t re¬
member being this tired in years. I
get home, and I stare into space.

Then I have a big glass
of chardonnay and turn
on CNN. That’s my sal¬
vation. I’m exhausted,
but at the same time
I’m so wired.”

Of course, there are
rewards, and Moreno
was feeling them partic¬
ularly on this day.
“When you have
days like this, when
Moises is so in¬
spired, and you’re
getting what he is saying and able
to act out what he’s describing,
and he’s pleased about it, and
everyone’s laughing or everyone’s
moved, what could be bad? I’m
very fortunate to get paid for what
I love to do. But let’s make it very
clear, this is a nonprofit theater.
We aren’t getting paid a whole
bunch.”

Moreno previously played the
diva in another Terrence McNally
play, The Ritz. She won a Tony
Award for Googie Gomez, the ma-
lapropping cabaret star to the boys
in the baths. “I have to tell you,”
she said, “that there are certain
lines in The Ritz that make me
cringe, because they mean some¬
thing so different now.”

Not many people know it,
Moreno said, but McNally wrote
the character after seeing her at a
party doing a comic take on a
clueless performer with a thick ac¬

cent. “Googie is Maria Callas
taken to a ridiculous degree,”
Moreno said. “That’s what makes
her so delicious.”

For tickets or info for Master
Class, call (510) 647-2949 or go to
berkeleyrep.org.

Mask media

In Second Skin, Joan Schirle is
a woman of many faces but
never her own. Schirle wears a
different mask for each of the 15
characters she plays, creating
characterizations through voice
and body language. The male,
female, young and old characters
all share a relationship with a
young woman who believes she
possesses the soul of Marilyn
Monroe.

A search for earlier newspaper
mentions of the show came up
with this description by a newspa¬
per in Victoria, BC: “A huge cot¬
ton skirt trailing behind Schirle
seems unwieldy at first, but it
quickly becomes one of the most
intriguing props in the play. Twist¬
ed and manipulated it is by turns
a tail, an umbilical cord, a penis,
and an evening gown.”

Schirle has pretty much toured
with world with Second Skin, in¬
cluding a 2001 stop at the Yerba
Buena Center. She’s returning to
San Francisco for performances at
the Brava Theatre Center on May
14 & 15. For more information,
call 647-2822 or go to brava.org.

Tony rewards

Taking a cue from the various

Oscar benefits, the New Conser¬
vatory Theatre Center is turning
to the Tonys for a black-tie-op¬
tional fundraising event.

Ticket to the Tonys takes place
on June 6, in and about the lobby,
with large-screen TVs in two of
NCTC’s theaters. Playwright Ter¬
rence McNally, noted above for his
plays Master Class and The Ritz,
will play host, and is promised to

provide commentary during com¬
mercials.

There are various levels of tick¬
ets, from $50 up, with a silent auc¬
tion, food from local restaurants,
and other treats available. Call
Barbara Cohn at 861-4914. T

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Michael Myhand (Mr. Triple R Leather 2003), left, passed the sash to Rocky Paul, who won the Mr. Triple R
Leather 2004 title last Saturday night, May 8 in Guerneville. Rocky advances to compete at the Mr. North
Coast Leather contest later this year.

Russian River capers

by Mister Marcus

he race for Mr. North Coast
Leather 2004 up at the Russ¬
ian River got underway last
Saturday night, May 8, when the
Russian River Resort staged
their 10th annual Mr. Triple R
Leather contest.

Unfortunately, there
was only one contestant
— but he managed to
get the required 60 per¬
cent of available points
from the judges, and so
Mr. Triple R Leather
2004 is “Rocky” Paul,
a 37-year old resident
of Guerneville. Paul
does handyman work
at Fife’s and other resorts, and was
encouraged by quite a few
“movers and shakers” in that area
to compete. Rocky advances to
compete in the Mr. North Coast
Leather competition later this
year.

It was fun judging this contest
with “Mama” Reinhardt and
Lenny Broberg. MCs Shann Carr
and Graylin Thornton had to
“stretch” a whole lot for the over¬
flowing crowd, and they had the
attendees in stitches. Shann acted
out her “Tales of the Turbulent

Seas” aboard gay cruise ships, with
Graylin acting as her “straight”
man (yeah, right!). It was a fun-
filled evening, and Snatch man¬
aged to keep the crowd mesmer¬
ized with her outrageous perfor¬
mance not once but twice during
the evening!

The new restaurant at the
Triple R proved to be quite
good, and the libations were
flowing all weekend as
everyone seemed hell¬
bent on having a good
time. The weather was
balmy, and Mr. North
Coast Leather Eric
Edelstein managed to
raise several hundred
dollars with his group
in the local AIDS
Walk, and another $500 by auc¬
tioning off his own jock strap and
Graylin’s, which they wore during
the AIDS Walk in Santa Rosa.

Boosters needed
for LA&M

As many of you may be aware,
the balloon payment on the build¬
ing that houses the Leather
Archives & Museum in Chicago is
due in August so an all-out push
is being made to raise the needed
funds. Joe Gallagher will be mak¬
ing a speech regarding this obliga¬

tion and donations will be solicit¬
ed either at the Pecs & Personality
segment of IML or at the contest
itself. 150 volunteers are needed to
collect money and/or credit card
charges from the audience. If you
feel like you want to help out,
email to

gallagher@leatherpge.com and
you will be contacted as to when
this solicitation will take place.

Leather, Levi Weekend

Locally, the popular
Leather/Levi Weekend is looming,
and reservations are being taken
now. The fees are $149 for only 90
first-timers. Early registration
closes on May 21st, for $175.
Thereafter it’s $225 until July 15,
and $250 till August 5. Do it
today!

Kings go forth

All across the land, in Canada
and in Europe, IML contenders
are being lauded in good luck and
farewell send-off parties, with
hopes that their “favorite sons”
will do well at IML in just 17 days.
Thousands will make the trek to
Chicago for the world’s biggest
leather competition. Rooms at the
host Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel
are going fast, but there are still
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EVENTURES IN LEATHER

Friday, May 14

Leather Night at Renegades in San Jose and a
sendoff party for Mr. Santa Clara Leather Kohl
from 2100 to closing.

Saturday, May 15

Meet and Greet the men of the 2005 Bare Chest
Calendar at the Eagle Tavern this afternoon from
1500 to 1800. Get a close-up of the 2005 icons.

Frank Vasconcellos steps aside as Mr. Edge
Leather 2003 tonight as Mr. Edge Leather 2004
will be chosen at the contest from 2000 to 2400.

TJ Istvan will MC as ONLY he can, beer/soda bust,
raffles, auction. To benefit PRC.

Mr. Alameda Bear 2004 will be chosen at Club
Rumor in Hayward by the ACLC with a $7
beer/soda bust, food, entertainment, boxer shorts
party, auction and raffles.

Wednesday, May 19

Friday, May 21: Exiles of SF present "Breaking
Ego! Secrets of Interrogations and Psychological
Mind Games" by "Celeste". Doors open 1930; pro¬
gram 2000-2200. $3 members; $6 guests.
Women's Building.

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at 933 Harrison. Mandatory clothes check; no
shorts, no pants. Call 777-HEAD.

Saturday, May 22

Celebration of the life of Alan Selby in the Eagle
Patio at 1400 with speakers from everywhere. No
details at my deadline.

Sunday, May 23

Good luck and send-off party for Mr. SF Leather
Julian Marshburn at Daddy's today from 1600 to
2000. Beer/soda bust, entertainment, drawings,
raffles, hoopla and more. Be there!

Wednesday, May 26

Leather Buddies cavort in black skins at 933 Har¬
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Weekend, May 27-31

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Join the jack-off

by John F. Karr

f you’ve been wanting to lay
hands on each glorious naked
inch of Michael Brandon,
you’ll want to attend the upcom¬
ing Masturbate-a-thon. From 8 to
10 p.m. this Saturday, May 15,
Michael will be among the special
guests welcoming men to the an¬
nual benefit for The Center for
Sex and Culture, run by Drs. Carol
Queen and Robert Lawrence. It’s
just like a walk-a-thon. You can
gel sponsors to pledge funds for
each minute, or hour, you wank.
Or you might want to just simply
be there among the wankers.
They’ll be of all sexes, although
there are segregated playspaces. SF
Jacks will be hosting the Men’s
Room, where I promise not to
monopolize Michael. For more
info, check out www.masturbate-
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Bedtime for boners

My enthusiasm for last week’s
pair of Studio 2000 movies star¬
ring Matt van Dorn wasn’t sus¬
tained by the third feature he’s in.
Yes, the company’s mandate is
strictly play-it-safe vanilla. But
Bedtime Stories III reveals a gener¬
al paisley that lurks within.

It’s true that the individual ele¬
ments that make up Bedtime Sto¬
ries III are promising. Foremost is
the unaggrandized appeal of Stu¬
dio 2000’s young men. They’re
neither overbuilt, overshaven,
nor have overhyped sex.

Meaty Ace Hanson is meso¬
morph heaven, his still-
natural physique not
hardened into a body¬
builder’s armored shell.

And he’s so cute, a per¬
fect ringer for Superman,
down to
the cleft in
his chin
and patent-
leather black hair. Usually a bot¬
tom, he throws a sturdy fuck here
while talking dirty, getting himself
so excited he squirts but good.
Danny Vox can’t possibly be the
basketball team’s coach: he’s the
same age as the team’s star he’s
giving a cliche massage to! But
nicely furred Vox is a Stud of To¬
morrow, and you’ve got to groove
on the hard-on thumping under
the player’s towel. And who could
complain about Joe Foster’s taut
dick banging around as he bob¬
bles in a Reverse Cowboy atop the
long, long pole of creamy-
skinned, solidly built Tony Mecel-
li?

Well, I could. These are all nice
guys. Star names. But there’s hard¬
ly a shred of chemistry among

them. Why are they coming off so
blandly? Why is what promisingly
starts as good-natured sex run¬
ning to routine? Ultimately, there’s
no escaping the feeling
that these unrelated
vignettes were origi¬
nally filmed for other
movies, but didn’t
r make the cut. Be¬
cause of the number
of times hotel busboy
Ace Hanson repeats,
“How do
you like
this room
service?”
which a smart editor would have
allowed only once. Because each
scene is 20 minutes no matter how
good, or indifferent, the sex is. Be¬
cause of the soundtrack’s lounge
music, which pays no attention to
rising action or climax, and just
pablums along until it’s time to
fade out. Because of the scene
within a scene within a scene
that’s a typical example of porn-
makers being conceptual —
meaning it’s an absolutely confus¬
ing wrap-up for Joe and Tony’s
coupling. But here’s the real tip-
off: the box-cover photos pair per¬
formers who didn’t have sex to¬
gether. Were they the only ones
who could be mustered for photo
call when someone decided to
package these scenes?

Swing set

Matt van Dorn’s scene with
feisty redhead Kurt Summers
comes off the best. The segment is
called, “It’s a Kid Thing.” But nei¬
ther the cockring on Summers’
sleek rammer nor the cock it
chokes are a kid thing. At Studio
2000, this sorta jewelry is rarely
seen, major kink. It got both myself
and stringbean Mr. van Dorn roiled
up. Matt goes to town on Kurt’s
tasty meat, gazing upward at Kurt
with angelic eyes as he swings on its
pink and shining tip. The guys
enjoy each other’s bodies a bit more
than the previous performers, be¬
fore sliding into a slow 69. Like
most uncut cocks when the skin’s
pulled back, Matt’s knob has that
bright sheen. But Kurt’s stealing the
scene. His intensely sexy focus, his
thick cock, his slow tongue on
Matt’s balls and asshole as his hand
caresses and coaxes Matt’s cock.
Kurt’s probing fingers have Matt
wiggling his ass around eagerly be¬
fore the full length of his cock slides
in deftly. When Matt settles his
teeny buns down on it in a squat,
it’s entirely engulfed. This Reverse
Cowboy provides really rousing ex¬
posure of the action, before Kurt’s
cock is buried to the hilt for the last
time as Matt spurts a hard-driven
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The send-off party for Mr. San
Francisco Leather, Julian Marsh-
burn, will take place on Sunday,
May 23, from 1600 to 2000 at
Daddy’s Bar, with lots of surprises,
a beer/soda bust, and entertain¬
ment. Be there and support our
contestant.

The SF Bay Area will also be
sending Darryl Janssen (Mr.
Hayes Valley Leather), Dan Hogue
(Mr. Central Valley Leather-Fres-
no), Eric Edelstein (Mr. North
Coast Leather-Russian River),
Kohl (Mr. Santa Clara Co.
Leather) and Joel Kislingbury
(Mr. Alameda County Leather). It
will be a hot time in Chicago! ▼

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London swings?

by Robert Julian

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hose silly gay people. In
Shameless, Paul Burston’s
debut novel, they have sex,
do lots of drugs, hang out in bars,
and go to the gym. And through it
all, they dish the dirt on them¬
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partying usually ends in uncon¬
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main coping technique of this 30-

ish London party crowd is denial.

Martin’s younger boyfriend,
Christopher, dumps him for a hot
young stud. John, a flight atten¬
dant, takes up with Fernando, a
drug-dealing party boy. And Car¬
oline, the requisite fag hag of the
story, loses her boyfriend when
she accuses him of being gay. As
their lives unravel, the protago¬
nists of Shameless find themselves
increasingly drawn to outrageous
behavior. Author Paul Burston
maintains a frantic pace for this
comedy of contemporary gay life,
placing the emphasis on bitchy
repartee and outre situations. But

all the bonhomie in the world
can’t make up for the fundamen¬
tally shallow content of Burston’s
narrative.

The behavior described in
Shameless is neither new nor orig¬
inal. This lifestyle has existed in
urban gay capitals all over the
world for at least 30 years. If you
are a closeted young gay boy in
rural England or the Midwestern
US, Burston’s characters may
seem daring and adventurous —
but only if you can look beyond
their self-destructiveness. And if
you are, or have been, actively en¬
gaged in this sort of life, any flick-

Shameless

PAUL BURSTON

er of self-recognition should be
more disturbing than amusing.

Burton is not a terrible writer,
but he isn’t a great one, either.
Shameless doesn’t have a conclu¬
sion or a particularly strong story
line; it’s a series of mildly amusing
events that ultimately wind down
and stop, rather abruptly. Along
the way, one gay character excori¬
ates his “vile opera queen” room¬
mate for moving to San Francisco.
“San Francisco? Some queens
have no imagination. Someone
should have told her it’s not the
’70s anymore and San Fran is
nothing like Tales of the City. More
like Tales from the Crypt?

Oh, let’s not go there. ▼

Aaron Krach

M Arts cover

I wanted Adam to have a good
time even though shit is going
down. Bad stuff is happening all
around him, but he’s able to pull
through by depending on himself
and his friends. He gets to gradu¬
ate and be embarrassed in front of
his mom. His friends have science
fairs to go to and jobs afterschool.
It’s very ordinary, I suppose, ex¬
cept that life if lived fully is extra¬
ordinary. I wanted Adam to live
fully, and here that means taking
a big risk in talking to Jeff, the
older cop he befriends.

Did your Angeleno roots inform
Half-Life ?

I have always loved LA. I know
people hate it and think it’s
creepy/weird, but I think it’s in¬
sane, boring, crazy and wonderful.
I’m so glad that my parents moved
there when I was three months
old. If I’d grown up in Michigan,
Half-Life would have totally
sucked. Dude.

But seriously, I grew up in Al¬

hambra, California, a city stuck
between sorta cool Pasadena and
not-so-cool East LA. My forma¬
tive years were all there, and I’m
grateful for that. Hell, it could
have been infinitely worse. But I
never wanted to write a memoir, I
wanted to write about a story
much more exciting than my own.
I turned Alhambra into Angelito
so I could make the book’s setting
my ideal part of LA.

I love LA because of beautiful
banality. Hollywood might be
there churning out dreams, but all
the people who make the movies
are supremely ordinary. The
weather is ridiculously perfect, yet
smog alerts are a regular part of
life. Let’s not even talk about
earthquakes. I remember sitting in
my high school classroom months
after the huge Northridge earth¬
quake, an aftershock would rum¬
ble through and nobody would
move. We’d just sit, wait and see if
it was the big one. It wasn’t, so
we’d go right on with whatever
we’re doing. That is a wild and yet
genius amount of anxiety control.

Lastly, LA is sexy. It’s those very
long freeways, magical mystery

Krach loves 'beautiful banality/

tours for everyone who dares to
drive their car up the on-ramp. Get
on-board and you never know who
or what you’re going to see in the
car next to you. It really is like the
“the future” in a Sci-Fi movie,
where everyone is in their individ¬
ual bubble, zooming past each
other. Yet cool connections happen.
There is so much flirtation going
on between drivers, I’m shocked
there aren’t more car accidents. I
don’t know of anyone who’s ever
picked someone up while driving,
but hell if I didn’t try.

You bring sense-rich writing to
the sex you describe. How do you
keep the world of sensation so
rich in the book?

For me, the senses are all we
have. Cut away all the bullshit, and
we’re left with stuff we can see, hear,
read, taste and touch. That’s it. Es¬
pecially when it comes down to sex,
that’s all there is: two people, prefer¬
ably naked, using their senses.
Frankly, I love sex, and think people
who don’t are plagued by some kind

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from experiencing it fully. Homo¬
phobia and sexphobia have to be
caused by terrible inexperience. If
John Ashcroft and his sex-policing
cronies got laid once in a while, how
could they ever be so against (and
obsessed with) everyone else’s sex?

The authenticity of the intergener-
ational relationship between the
38-year-old cop and the 18-year-
old high school senior is really
moving and hot!

I tried to keep it real. For me, it
was about keeping it authentic,
the feelings and situations. Putting
myself into the character helped
make sure the emotions were real
as well as the actions. I asked my¬
self: What would I touch first if a
hunky policeman ended up in the
backyard with me? Where would I
kiss him first? And how?

I think it came out okay be¬
cause I truly believe in the power
of connections. Some people con¬
nect for a moment, a weekend or
their whole lives, and when they
do: the sex is hot, hot, hot. I like
intergenerational relationships, as
much as I like guys hooking up
who look like narcissistic twins:

same age, same muscles, same
tank-tops, even. Whatever floats
your boat, because making a truly
life-changing connection doesn’t
happen every day. You have to be
open to it, and you have to grab it
when it does. ▼

Aaron Krach will read on June
5, 5 p.m. at A Different Light
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Out There

M page 26

and we don’t mean of the ’strap
variety. Trannyshack impresario
Heklina, that Jackie Gleason of
the seriously tough tranny set, will
host the San Francisco Bicycle
Coalition’s festive Bike to Work
Night, a joint fundraiser for the
SFBC & the San Francisco Late
Night Coalition, on Thurs., May
20, 8 p.m. at the DNA Lounge,
11th St. ($10). Bands include
Giant Value, Rouge Wave and
the Marginal Prophets.

We had the pleasure of cheer¬
ing on Critical Mass as they ped¬
dled en masse by our streetside flat
last month. Rudely, a bloke on his
motorcycle barreled through the
bike mob, earning cyclists’ jeers.
We agreed, but append our own
anthem, “Bikes off the sidewalks!”
That’s because we count ourselves
proud members of Pedestrian
Nation. ▼

Heklina joins forces with the
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.

Funny Girlz

M page 36

three other facilitators, Williams
presents humor-related work¬
shops and seminars for corpora¬
tions, colleges, federal agencies,
state departments of health, social
service, and nonprofit organiza¬
tions. Film and television audi¬
ences have seen Williams featured
in the films Laughing Matters and
We’re Funny That Way, which is
regularly shown on HBO.

She is happy to be back in the
Bay Area to do her first Funny

Girlz show. To ensure that she
reaches an ethnically diverse audi¬
ence, she also secured an Oakland
gig the night before.

With its multicultural lineup of
black, white, Jewish, Ethiopian
and Cuban comics, Funny Girlz
should provide just the kind of di¬
versity that Williams is looking
for. Did you hear that, HRC? ▼

Funny Girlz, Sat., May 15, 8
p.m. at Herbst Theatre, 401 Van
Ness Ave., SF. Tickets ($20-
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